Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- The much sought-after fancy registration number, "0001" of the CH01-DA series has fetched the highest-ever bid of Rs.36.43 lakh against the reserve price of Rs.50,000 at an e-auction conducted by the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA). The RLA conducted the e-auction of the new series "CH01-DA" from vehicle numbers 0001 to 9999 along with some leftover fancy/special registration numbers of the previous series from August 19 to 22. With the auction of a total of 577 registration numbers, the RLA fetched the highest-ever revenue of Rs.4.08 crore. Meanwhile, the number '0003' received the second highest bid of Rs.17.84 lakh in this auction, followed by '0009' which drew Rs.16.82 lakh. The number '0005' went under the hammer for Rs.16.51 lakh, '0007' fetched Rs.16.50 lakh, '0002' was auctioned for Rs.13.8 lakh and '9999' was sold for Rs.10.25 lakh. Transport department director Pradhuman Singh said that all seven numbers received the highest-ever bids in their respective categories and the RLA also earned a record profit of Rs.4.08 crore in any auction so far." The second highest bid of Rs.31 lakh had been received for the '0001' number of the CH01-CZ series in May this year. In the auction of this series, the RLA had earned Rs.2.94 crore. The third highest bid of Rs.26.7 lakh was received for '0001' of the CH01-AP series, and the fourth highest-ever bid of Rs.25 lakh was fetched for '0001' of the CH01-CY series....