JUDGMENT :

A.S. Chandurkar, J.

1. RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. In this writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, a Public Limited Company, incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, has raised a challenge to the notices dated 25th June 2014 issued by the 2nd respondent – Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), thereby terminating the Lease Agreements dated 5th August 1992 that were entered into between the parties. The petitioner has also raised a challenge to the orders dated 31st July 2014 passed by the learned Principal District Judge, Ratnagiri in proceedings under Section 7 of the Bombay Government Premises (Eviction) Act, 1955 (for short, “Act of 1955”), by which the stay applications preferred by the petitioner came to be rejected in proceedings filed for challenging the notices dated 25th June 2014.

3. The facts in brief that are relevant for considering the challenge as raised are that the petitioner claims that it is engaged in the business of exploring, extracting as well as processing minerals, oil and gas. With a view to set up a Copper Smelter Project i