1 WP-1594/11 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1594 OF 2011 Smt.Sudha Jaywant Kritikar : Petitioner versus Union of India and anr. : Respondents. Mr. J S Kini i/by Mr. Suresh Dubey for the Petitioner. Ms. S I Shah with Mr.R I Chagala for the Respondents. CORAM : P B MAJMUDAR, R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 20th September 2011 P.C. 1 According to the Petitioner, who is a landlady, the Respondent No. 2 is not vacating the premises in question even though the lease period is over. The premises in question was originally let out to the Respondent No.2 for the purpose of Post Office. 2 By way of this Petition, the Petitioner virtually prays for a decree of eviction against the Respondent No.2. In our view, the prayer made in this Petition cannot be entertained in our writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India as the remedy available to the Petitioner is to file a civil suit for evicting the Respondent No.2 from the premises in question. We, are disposing this Petition by granting liberty to the Petitioner to file a civil suit and if such a suit is filed, the concerned Court may try to decide the same expeditiously considering the fact that the Petitioner is 79 years of old. With the aforesaid observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [P.B.MAJMUDAR, J]