Consulting company Monitor Co. Group LP received bankruptcy court approval of rules to govern an auction of its assets but delayed the auction date until January at the request of the unsecured creditors' committee, Dow Jones DBR Small Cap reported today. Monitor Co. filed for chapter 11 protection on Nov. 7 with an offer from a subsidiary of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. for $116.2 million plus some assumed liabilities. That offer will kick off an auction now scheduled for Jan. 9.