JUDGMENT :

Arindam Mukherjee, J.

1. The appellants are the respondent Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the writ petition being W.P. No. 26288 (W) of 2016, Gopi Vallabh Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Another vs. State of West Bengal and Others. The writ petitioner, namely, Gopi Vallabh Solutions Private Limited (formerly known as BNKE Solutions Private Limited) is the respondent no. 1 in the above appeal. The West Bengal Electronics Industries Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL) was respondent no. 6 in the writ petition and proforma respondent in the above appeal.

2. The following facts emerge from the pleadings before the learned First Court:-

(i) By a registered deed of lease dated 19th January, 1987, the Governor of the State of West Bengal was pleased to grant a lease in favour of WEBEL in respect of 87,555,621 acres of land (approximately) in Block-EP & GP in Sector-V of Bidhan Nagar in the district of 24 Pargana (North) for a period of 999 years on the terms and conditions mentioned therein.

(ii) The said lease deed, inter alia, allowed WEBEL (lessee) to sub-divide or sublet the demised land or the building to be constructed for the purpose of setting up of different units of electronic indus