India, Feb. 5 -- The Bombay high court at Goa on Tuesday dismissed a petition against the state government's decision to put on hold the process for online auction of south Goa's Curpem Sulcorna iron ore mining block following a technical glitch.

The decision by a bench of justices M S Karnik and Nivedita Mehta came on a petition by mining company Vedanta which was the highest bidder when bids were closed for the auction held in November last year. The auction process was paused by the government on a complaint by another bidder Agravanshi Pvt Ltd, which said they couldn't place bids during the online auction process due to a glitch.

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