THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31710 OF 2011 ORDER: Failure on the part of respondent Nos.1 to 3, to register the petitioner’s complaint dated 07.11.2011 against respondent No.4, who is seeking to evict her forcibly from her house, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being illegal and arbitrary. As held by the Supreme Court, in Sakiri Vasu v. State of Uttar Pradesh and others[1], the petitioner has an eﬀective remedy under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), whereunder the Magistrate concerned has not only the power to order registration of an oﬀence, but also to direct the oﬃcer incharge of the concerned police station to hold proper investigation and, if need be, to monitor the investigation, if any, carried on. In view of the alternative remedy available to the petitioner, I consider it wholly inappropriate to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioner to avail the alternative remedy under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C, the Writ Petition is dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J December 01, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31710 OF 2011 December 01, 2011 MD [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409