THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31513 of 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 and 2, in not investigating into Crime.No.64 of 2011, as being illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner claims that, on the basis of a fabricated sale deed, respondent Nos.3 to 8 were seeking to usurp his property necessitating his having to ﬁle a private complaint before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Miryalaguda; the Magistrate had referred the matter to the Miryalaguda II Police Station for registration of a crime, and causing investigation there into; and, while the petitioner’s complaint has been registered, the respondents were not proceeding to investigate there into. It is evident that the Learned Magistrate is seized of the matter. 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) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (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 approach the Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for the relief sought for herein, the Writ Petition is dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:30.11.2011 usd [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409