The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the TATA group's appeal for retaining management rights over the Taj Mansingh Hotel, and in all practicality, told the business conglomerate that it will have to participate in the auction process.

The high court gave the green signal to the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to go ahead with the public auction of the Taj Mansingh Hotel located in Central Delhi.

A bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani had earlier reserved the verdict on Indian Hotels Company Ltd's plea seeking to restrain the NDMC from auctioning the property.

On September 25, a single judge had dismissed the suit by the current operator, IHCL , to renew its license and upheld the NDMC's decision to go for the auction. The next day, the IHCL filed an appeal before a division bench against this order.

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