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d. Alternatively, A rule do issue out of and under the seal of High Court at Calcutta asking the respondents, and their agents, subordinates, assignee and/or assignees to show cause as to why a writ in the nature of mandamus shall not be issued directing them to forthwith re-allot a suitable alternative industrial land in favour of the petitioners in the vicinity of Salt Lake Sector - V in terms of the agreement dated 22nd May, 1995;"

The writ petition was filed on 17th August, 2016. The writ petitioner no.1 is a proprietorship firm and the writ petitioner no.2 is its sole proprietor. The writ petitioners claimed that on 22nd May, 1995, the State of West Bengal entered into a lease agreement with the writ petitioner firm, whereby 8.0006 cottahs of land in Plot No.3, Block - AQ, Sector - V, Salt Lake, was leased out in favour of the writ petitioner firm for the purpose of construction of a house to be used for manufacturing of PVC Foam Leather Cloth on the basis of the terms and conditions as incorporated in the lease deed. A possession order was issued on 29th June, 1995, but possession could not be delivered as the allotted plot fell on the approach road to the Rajarhat Project. Subsequently, the Government of West Bengal re-allotted another plot of land, being Plot No.7, AP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, measuring an area of 8.0433 cottahs of land and accordingly a deed of rectification was made on 14th May, 1998. Thereafter, by a possession certificate, the said plot of land was handed over on 18th August, 1998, to the respondent/writ petitioner no.2. However, due to his sickness and inability to start the packaging industry in time, the respondent/writ petitioner no.2 submitted a proposal on 7th March, 2008, to the Government of West Bengal, seeking permission to transfer the lease right. The respondent/writ petitioner no.2 later discovered that a concrete road approach to the Rajarhat Project was constructed over the plot allotted to him. This became the genesis of issuance of a letter dated 4th April, 2016, written by the respondent/writ petitioner no.2. The said letter dated 4th April, 2016, is setout hereinbelow in its entirety:-

"SRI RAM PACKAGING PRODUCTS Office : P-76, Kalindi, Kolkata - 700089 (Previously : 842, Lake Town, Block-A) Kolkata - 700089 Mobile : 9163730627 Date: 4.4.2016.
To The Special Secretary Urban Development Department, Nagarayan, DF-8, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700064 Sub.: Plot No.AP-7, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700091.
But it was later discovered that the authority without any notice constructed a concrete road approach to Rajarhat Project over the said plot No.AP-7, Sector-V, Salt Lake. But till today I am not allotted any alternative plot.
Now I am requesting you to provide a suitable alternative plot to me in Salt Lake area as early as possible.
Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For Sri Ram Packaging Products (Tarun Kanti Saha) Proprietor"

It is the admitted position that the respondents/writ petitioners never made any construction in the allotted plot within the time specified in the lease agreement (as subsequently rectified) after being handed-over possession, which was on 18th August, 1998. The only prayer in the letter dated 4th April, 2016, was in the form of a request to the Special Secretary, Urban Development Department, to provide a suitable alternative plot in Salt Lake area as early as possible. The reason for denial of such request is clearly spelt out in the letter dated 28th June, 2016, which has been setout hereinbefore. It may also be pertinent to observe that the writ petition was filed on 17th August, 2016, even when the admitted facts clearly reveal that possession of the plot-in-question was handed over as far back as on 18th August, 1998.