1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 359 OF 2009 Ashok Pandurang Yemul .. Petitioner. vs. Sunil Dattatray Patil & Anr. .. Respondents. Mr. Surel S. Shah for the petitioner. Ms. M.P. Thakur, AGP., for respondent no.2. CORAM : J.N. PATEL & SMT. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATE : 19TH JUNE, 2009. P.C. : Heard. 2. The petitioner has filed this petition impugning the decision of the respondent no. 2 Tahsildar wherein the respondent no. 2 Tahsildar who had issued the certificate in favour of the petitioner as belonging to the weaker section by his order dated 18.9.2006 has been cancelled by reviewing his order. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that this is done out of political pressure. 2 4. The petitioner has preferred an appeal against the impugned order. The respondents in their affidavit in reply have also pointed out that the petitioner has an alternative remedy. We, therefore, dispose of this petition with a direction to the petitioner to pursue his appeal before the appellate authority as he has already chosen the alternative remedy available to him rather than agitating the writ petition invoking our extra ordinary jurisdiction. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner has made a grievance that if the appeal is not decided expeditiously the petitioner may not be able to avail of the benefits of the certificate which he has obtained and that is why the petitioner was required to approach this Court. This cannot be a reason to entertain a writ petition but the anxiety expressed on behalf of the petitioner also cannot be overlooked. Therefore, liberty to move the appellate authority to expeditiously dispose of his appeal and if such an application is made, the authorities would sympathetically consider the same. This court would highly appreciate if the appeal is disposed of by the appellate authority within a period of four weeks from the date such application is filed. With this observation the petition stands disposed of. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (SMT. MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.)