THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 30471 of 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the action of respondents Nos.1 to 3, in not taking action on the petitioner’s complaints dated 05.11.2011, 09.11.2011 and 10.11.2011, as illegal and arbitrary. The aforesaid complaints filed by the petitioner against respondent Nos.4 to 7 having been rejected by the Station House Officer, Gopalapatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam (third respondent) on the ground that those complaints disclose a civil dispute, he has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. On being asked as to why this Court should entertain a Writ Petition since the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) provides for an effective remedy of invoking the jurisdiction of the Magistrate concerned under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., Sri P.Sri Raghuram, Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, would submit that the remedy under Section 156 Cr.P.C., is neither effective nor efficacious; and, though the order of status quo passed earlier by this Court would only bind parties to the Writ Petition, the Magistrate concerned may not be in a position to so hold, or entertain the complaints filed by the petitioner, on its merits. I see no basis for such an apprehension. Ordinarily an interlocutory order would not automatically bind those who are not parties to the Writ Petition. In the light of the judgment of the Supreme Court, in Sakiri Vasu v. State of Uttar Pradesh and others[1], I see no reason to exercise discretion to entertain a Writ Petition since the petitioner can as well invoke the jurisdiction of the Magistrate concerned who 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 a 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 discretion to entertain this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Leaving it open to the petitioner to avail the remedy under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C, the Writ Petition is dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:18.11.2011 usd [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409