W.P.(C) 3332/2012

1. Vide the present petition, the petitioner inter alia has prayed as under:

(a) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other suitable writ (s) / order (s) / direction (s) quashing the letter dated 14.03.2012 addressed by respondent to the petitioner;

(b) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other suitable writ (s) / order(s)/direction (s) directing the Respondent to refund to the Petitioner the following sums: (i) The upfront premium of Rs.26.23 Crores paid by the petitioner, (ii) the sum of Rs.2.06 Crores, which was paid as stamp duty by the petitioner, (iii) the sum of Rs.1.55 Crore which was paid as registration charges by the petitioner, (iv) the sum of Rs.12.92 Lakhs which was paid as consultancy fee by the petitioner and (v) the sum of Rs.33.29 Lakhs which was paid as interest by the petitioner, together with interest at the rate of 18% p.a.;

2. Mr. Sudhir Nandrajog, ld. Sr. Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the respondent made conscious and grave misrepresentations on the basis of which the petitioner was induced to part with a sum of Rs.30.32 Crores in exchange for commercially developing a plot of land, whose title purportedly