Nos. 2 to 5 Mr. Abhishek Sikdar ………..Advocates
Heard on : 28.03.2025
Judgment on : 10.04.2025
Om Narayan Rai, J.:-
1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking issuance of a writ of
mandamus commanding the respondent nos. 2 to 4 to refund the lease
premium amount of Rs.13,40,500/- (Rupees Thirteen Lakh Forty Thousand
Five Hundred) paid by the petitioner no.1 to the West Bengal Small
Industries Development Corporation Limited (hereafter “the said
Corporation”).
2. Briefly summed up, the facts of the case (as may be garnered from the
material on record and to the extent the same are relevant for deciding the
case at hand), are that on or about 08.03.2005 the petitioner no.1 made an
application for leasing in (taking on lease) a plot of land in the Industrial
Estate Tangra in response to an advertisement published by the State
Government inviting applications from interested parties for such purpose.