1. CORNELIUS, C. J.-By this petition, review is sought only of that part of this Court's judgment of the 15th April 1966, where it is said that transfer of the "excess area" included in the com--pound of an evacuee house to the transferee of that house was in the discretion of the Settlement Authorities, and there had been no illegality in the exercise of that discretion. It was said also that after the present petitioner's claim to transfer of the property in which he occupied only an outhouse, had been rejected, he had no locus standi to challenge the transfer of the `excess area' to the transferee.
2. Mr. Shabbir Ahmad's contention is that under certain instruc--tions of the Chief Settlement Commissioner, "excess area" beyond a prescribed minimum should be sold by auction, and he adds that his client, who has been living in an outhouse on the estate for many years, wishes to bid at such an auction. The mere desire to bid for a property at an auction does not carry a vested right to bring such property to auction. It is difficult to suppose that for property situated in a very central part of Lahore civil ,lines, where prices rule very high, a person who has been content to occupy are outhouse on the property for many years can have the means, and therefore a bona fide desire,, to bid at an auction. It may be safely inferred that the effort is being made on behal of another or others. The point of locus standi thus gains added weight. It is clear that the petitioner, whose case for transfer of the whole or part of the property, in Settlement, has been finally rejected, has no locus standi to assert any rights in respect thereof.
3. Mr. Shabbir Ahmad refers us to certain instructions issued by the Chief Settlement Commissioner which were never mention--ed at the hearing of the appeal. Up to that stage, the case of the petitioner was based on a claim to transfer of the whole or part of the property. If indeed there has been violation of any binding direction by the Chief Settlement Commissioner, the matter may be moved before him in, some competent form, irrespective of anything said in our order of the 15th April 1966.
4. The petition is dismissed.