1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8130 OF 2009 Vithal Ramdas Sonawane ..... PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & Oths. .... RESPONDENTS Mr. B.T.Wagh, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. K.J.Ghute Patil, Assistant Govt. Pleader. ........................... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 23/03/2010 PER COURT : 1. This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, by which the petitioner prays for directing the respondent no. 2 to refund the deposit made by the petitioner on 5/12/1997. According to the petitioner, the aforesaid deposit was made by the petitioner on promise that the petitioner would be appointed as a distributor at Beed. However, despite the petitioner depositing the aforesaid amount, the petitioner was not given distributorship. The petitioner, therefore, prays for directing the respondent no. 2 to refund the said amount. 2. The petitioner has alternate remedies available in law 2 which the petitioner has not exhausted. The petitioner may, therefore, avail the alternate remedies available in law. The petitioner can not invoke the writ jurisdiction for enforcement of contractual obligations. The petition is accordingly dismissed with no order as to costs. [ S.V.GANGAPURWALA ] [ P.V.HARDAS ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/WP 8130.09