JUDGMENT :

HIRANMAY BHATTACHARYYA, J.

1. The writ petitioners have prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to complete all formalities for execution and registration of lease deed in favour of the petitioner no. 1 company in respect of plot no. CJ 199A, Sector-II, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 and CE 31, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata-64 and to put the petitioner no. 1 company in possession of both the plots.

2. The Deputy Secretary, Government of West Bengal Metropolitan Development Department issued a letter dated 28.8.1981 conveying that the Governor is pleased to sanction the grant of lease of 31.8453 cottahs in Block-CJ Sector-II in Salt Lake City to the petitioner no. 1 company for a period of 999 years on payment of salami at the rate of Rs.20,000/- per cottah for the purpose of construction of residential flats. Subsequently, by another letter dated 3.6.1984, the Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal informed the petitioner company that the Governor is pleased to offer a plot of land measuring 9 cottah in Block-CE in Sector-I in Bidhannagar by a lease for a period of 999 years on payment of salami at the rate of Rs.20,000/- only per cottah for th