IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.12410 of 2004 Between: Mahendra Kumar Baid, S/o Late Kesrichand Baid, M/s Lamino Paper Products Pvt. Ltd., (Under Liquidation) R/o 3D, III Floor, Atlas Apartments, Road No. 10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India, rep. by Ministry of Customs and Central Excise, Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001. 2 Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Hyderabad-IV, Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Ramkote, Hyderabad - 500 001. 3 The Official Liquidator, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, 3-5-398, 1st Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sultan Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad - 500 095. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ or Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd Respondent herein against the Petitioner herein in passing the impugned O.R.No. 77/2000-Adjn, dated 25-5-2004, and declare as null and void in the eye of law and are against the principal of natural justice Counsel for the Petitioner :SINGHANIA & CO., Solicitors & Advocates Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) Official Liquidator The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Hon’ble the Chief Justice) Against the order impugned in the writ petition, there is alternative, adequate and efficacious statutory remedy of preferring an appeal. In view of the alternative remedy available, we do not like to invoke the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is therefore dismissed. ------------------------------- DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. -------------------- C.V.RAMULU, J 20-07-2004 bsc To 1 Union of India, rep. by Ministry of Customs and Central Excise, Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001. 2 Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Hyderabad-IV, Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan, Tilak Road, Ramkote, Hyderabad - 500 001. 3 The Official Liquidator, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, 3-5-398, 1st Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sultan Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad - 500 095. 4 2 CD copies