purchaser and a third-party auction purchaser, this Court in Binayak Swain (supra) approved an earlier judgment of Privy Council in the matter of Zain-Ul- Abdin Khan vs. Muhammad Asghar Ali Khan10 to reiterate that “great distinction between the decree-holders who came 10 (1888)ILR 10 ALL 166 (PC)18 in and purchased under their own decree, which was afterwards reversed on appeal, and the bona fide purchasers who came in and bought at the sale in execution of the decree to which they were no parties, and at a time when that decree was a valid decree, and when the order for the sale was a valid order”. It is categorically held that where the decree holder is himself the auction purchaser, the sale cannot stand, if the decree is subsequently set aside. 15. In the matter of Chinnamal (supra), this Court again dealt with the distinction between the decree holder who purchased the property in execution of his own decree, which is afterwards modified or reversed, and a person who is not a