also not disputed that the delay in issuance of the work order was purely attributable to the respondent who avoided complying with the conditions in Clause-8 of the auction notice and dragged the proceedings to litigation. 17. We have considered the submissions advanced at bar and have perused the material available on record and have gone through the impugned judgments. 18. The situation at hand is squarely covered by the latin maxim ‘nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria’, which means that no man can take advantage of his own wrong. This principle was applied by this Court in the case of Union of India v. Maj. Gen. Madan Lal Yadav 1 observing as below: - 1 (1996) 4 SCC 127 11“28. …In this behalf, the maxim nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria — meaning no man can take advantage of his own wrong — squarely stands in the way of avoidance by the respondent and he is estopped to plead bar of limitation contained in Section 123(2). In Broom's Legal Maxim