patiala members of the dalit community in the village kaidupur of patiala are not satisfied with the second auction of the 16 acres of panchayati land falling in the dalit share it was earlier allotted to a single bidder in the previous auction thus violating the rules the auction was held in village kaidupur on wednesdaythey alleged that dalit community members were befooled by the officials as the venue was changed from an inn to a palace in the village without intimating them alleging that a local congress leader remained present outside the auction venue dalits claimed that discrimination had continued under political pressure and the same land was allotted to alleged fake biddersgurmeet singh a dalit leader in the village said around 33 acres of land falls in the share of dalit community in the village common land of which 16 acres were allotted to a single bidder against the rules the auction was cancelled after we staged a protest in front of dc office in patiala now again the auction of this 16 acres took place of which 10 acres were given to the same bidder without any auction the remaining six acres were given to another bidder both these were fake bidders who had bid on behest of upper caste men with whom they are working as a seeri annual hired labour we will collect the evidence and prove this soongurmeet claimed that backward class also have a right over 10 of agriculture land meant for dalits and one bidder from bc category reached to contest the bidding on wednesday but was not allowed to enterhowever officials claimed that the common land for cultivation can be allotted only to scheduled caste and not to the bc categoryddpo ss dhillon refuted the allegations and said the free and fair auction was held peacefully and without any pressure the land meant for dalits cannot be given to bc categoryhe added that auction venue was an inn near the bus stand and not any palace but some bidders presumed it some other inn