1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 266 OF 2011 (Bhagwan Damodar Rachhora vs. Union of India & Ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Shri S.G. Karmarkar, Advocate for the petitioner. ….. CORAM : MRS. V.K. TAHILRAMANI & M.L. TAHALIYANI, JJ. APRIL 29, 2011. Heard Shri Karmarkar, learned counsel for the petitioner. The case of the petitioner is that some officers of Western Coalfields Limited committed forgery of documents about five years back and gave employment to the persons who were actually not entitled to employment in WCL. The petitioner states that he approached the concerned authorities for registering FIR, however, they refused to register the same. Being aggrieved thereby, the petitioner has prayed that the respondents be directed that his FIR be registered. Useful reference can be made in this connection to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Aleque Padamsee & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors., reported in (2007) 6 SCC 171, wherein the Supreme Court has held that if information is given to the police 2 regarding commission of cognizable offence and no action is taken by the police then proper remedy is to file a complaint before the concerned Magistrate. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has specifically observed that in such a case a writ petition is not to be entertained as there is a efficacious remedy available of filing a complaint before the Magistrate. The Supreme Court disposed of writ petition with the following direction : “If any person is aggrieved by the inaction of the police officials in registering the FIR, the modalities contained in Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code are to be adopted and observed.” In view of the above decision and observations of the Supreme Court, we are not inclined to entertain the present petition. It would be open to the petitioner to file a private complaint before the concerned Magistrate. Writ Petition is rejected. JUDGE JUDGE *GS.