THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.23961 of 2010 DATED: 28.09.2010 Between: R. Prabhakar .. Petitioner And The Government of India, Rep. by its Law Secretary, New Delhi and others. .. Respondents ORDER: By this writ petition, the petitioner seeks cancellation of the provisional certificate of marriage dated 05.08.2008 issued by Arya Samaj, respondent No.3 herein. Admittedly, the Arya Samaj, which is said to have issued the impugned certificate, is not a public authority, and therefore the petitioner cannot invoke the public law remedy for seeking cancellation of the said certificate, by filing the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, and the remedy available to him in this regard is to approach the competent Civil Court and seek redressal of his grievance. The writ petition is thus not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 28th September, 2010 IBL