JUDGMENT :

T.RAJA, J.

These two writ appeals are directed against the impugned common order dated 20.09.2012 passed by the learned single Judge in Writ Petition Nos.27465 & 29485 of 2008.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant-M/s Keyaram Hotels Private Limited submitted that the appellant applied for planning permission to develop the property situated at Door No.1, Harrington Road, Chennai. After processing the same, the respondent-Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (for short, the CMDA) has granted the planning permission with a direction to pay a sum of Rs.33,00,000/- vide their letter of demand No.C3/22322/99 dated 22.2.99, after the Government have issued the Government Order granting planning permission for the development. The appellant challenged the said demand in Writ Petition Nos.3104 & 4421 of 1999, but the Court directed the appellant to pay the amount by way of bank guarantee. Accordingly, the bank guarantee was initially given for a period of 5 years and the guarantee shall be enforceable by CMDA on demand at any time before the expiry of the period