THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31054 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner’s grievance is with regards the failure on the part of the respondents in conducting investigation, and in not filing a final report despite her complaint having been registered on 28.08.2011. It is the petitioner’s case that while she had lodged a complaint on 29.04.2011, respondents have not even registered the complaint necessitating her having to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court on 18.08.2011 by way of W.P.No.23852 of 2011; and it is only pursuant to the directions of this Court in the said Writ Petition, was the complaint registered on 28.08.2011 despite which no investigation is being carried on by the respondents contrary to what they are obligated to do in terms of the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.). 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) Cr.P.C., whereunder the Magistrate concerned has not only the power to order registration of the offence, but also to direct the officer in-charge of the concerned police station to hold proper investigation as also to monitor the same. 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 Date:24.11.2011 usd [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409