Registering and licensing Authority of Chandigarh on Saturday sold its first number of CH-01 BC series for Rs8.01 lakh during first day of auction of fancy numbers and in total got Rs58.92 lakh by auctioning 0001 to 0100 numbers.
The auction would continue on Sunday for the remaining fancy numbers in the series. The first number of the new series—0001 was bagged by the owner of Commando Caterers. Other numbers were sold at different prices including 0009 at Rs4.01 lakh, 0011 at Rs2.02 lakh, 0002 at Rs2 lakh.
This was the first time, when participants in auction were asked to deposit money in cash rather than through cheques, hence participants came with bags full of money. People usually try to give highest bid for the numbers of their choices for their near and dear ones. Some people purchase numbers on the basis of astrology or numerology , said an official.