THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.27969 OF 2010 DATED 12TH DECEMBER, 2011 BETWEEN M/s.Doyen Estates, 6th Floor, Doyen Galaxy, Plot No.7, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad – 500 073, Being rep. by its Managing Partner Sri P.Prem Kumar S/o Justice P.Rama Rao, Age 53 years, Occ:Business, Plot No.7, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad – 500 073. …Petitioner And Engineer-in-Chief, Army Head Quarters, Being rep. by Engineer-in-Chief, Rajaji Marg, Kashmiri House, New Delhi – 110 011 and others.0 …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.27969 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner assails the action of M/s.Engineering Projects (India) Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking, in not releasing the amounts due to it in respect of certain contracts and seeks a consequential direction to it to do so. The terms and conditions of the contract entered into by the petitioner and M/s.Engineering Projects (India) Limited reflect that the parties were entitled to settle their disputes amicably and if the same was not possible, to seek resolution of the same through arbitration. In the light of the efficacious alternative remedy provided in the contract itself, it is not open to the petitioner to circumvent the same and invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution for resolving contractual disputes. The Writ Petition is therefore not maintainable and is dismissed as such. WPMP No.35664 of 2010 shall also stand dismissed in consequence. Needless to state, it shall be open to the petitioner to invoke such remedies as are available to it in accordance with law. No order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 12TH DECEMBER, 2011. VGSR/PGS