1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2154 OF 2009 Mahavir Prasad Saini & Ors. .. Petitioners Vs Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents -- Shri A.V. Anturkar i/by Shri P.G. Marathe for the Petitioners. Shri G.N. Srinivasan along with Shri G. Hariharan i/by Dr. T.C. Kaushik for Respondent No.1. Mrs. S.U. Deshmukh for Respondent No.5. Shri G.D. Utangale i/by M/s. Utangale & Co. for Respondent No.6. Shri V.A. Thorat i/by Shri A.R. Pandey for Respondent No.7. Shri D.A. Nalawade, GP for the State. -- CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & A.M. KHANWILKAR, J DATED : 24TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioners wishes to withdraw the present Writ Petition for the reason that after filing of the Writ Petition, an order has been passed by the authority concerned under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, against which an appeal is maintainable, though he maintains that this Writ Petition could still be entertainable and maintained by this Court. We are not impressed by this contention. Once the statute provides an alternative remedy which is equally efficacious and the scope of the appeal before the authority concerned being much larger than the present Petition, we feel that the present Writ Petition should be disposed of while relegating the Petitioners to the statutory remedy 2 by way of appeal. We make it clear that the Appellate Authority shall examine all the contentions raised by the Petitioner in this Petition including a plea that relaxation of certain orders granted by the Central Government was not proper. All contentions are kept open. Appeal which will be filed shall be heard and decided expeditiously. 2. Writ Petition is disposed of as withdrawn with no order as to costs. CHIEF JUSTICE A.M.KHANWILKAR, J