Just to share my case. I also bought a house from Malay last year and prior to that, lawyer had conducted the land search and it is not Malay reserve land nor bumi lot. However, since this is leasehold so have to get consent from state land office.

1st submission rejected after 2 months waiting and reason is from Bumi to non bumi. What we understand from land office is when they see Malay name in title, they will "automatically" categories it as Bumi lot. Subsequent we agreed to appeal and just got the positive result last month as seller stated in the letter he needs to money due to old age and for pension purpose.

It tooks about 4.5months from 1st submission and need extra effort to check with lawyer and land office.

Having said that, it is still a chance to get the consent but need to wait longer time.

Based on your case, I will suggest you not to proceed in view of the property is under process of auction.

Good luck 2 you man

Actually is the seller need to submit the application. Actually I think for your case still have good chances to get the consent as the seller really in a deep shit to sell the house and he can use this strong reason by providing bank letter saying that he is in deep financial difficulty n need to sell off the property to pay the debt. Just tht very time consuming.

As for my case, we go through a proper way.