JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Declaration, declaring that the proportionate lease amount and the proportionate enhanced lease amount totalling to Rs.1,13,05,000/- (Rupees One Crore Thirteen Lakhs and Five Thousand only), withheld by the first respondent, representing the non operated period of two years and ten months pertaining to the stone quarry measuring 5.00.0 Hectares, comprised in S.No.99, Quarry No.12, situated in Keerapakkam Village, (Malai Poromboke), Chengalpat Taluk, Kancheepuram District, as illegal and consequently direct the respondents to refund the said sum of Rs.1,13,05,000/- (Rupees One Crore Thirteen Lakhs and Five Thousand only), together with interest of Rs.2,10,99,210/- (Rupees Two Crores Ten Lakhs Ninety Nine Thousand Two Hundred and Ten only), calculated at 24% per annum calculated from the respective dates of payment till 30.06.2016, totalling to Rs.3,24,10,210 /- (Three Crores Twenty Four Lakhs Ten Thousand Two Hundred and Ten only) and to pay further interest @ 24% per annum on the principal amount of Rs.1,13,05,000/- (Rupees One Crore Thirteen Lakhs and Five