THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.29374 OF 2011 ORDER: The action of the respondents in not investigating the complaints lodged by the petitioner dated 09.10.2011 and 13.10.2011, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being arbitrary and illegal. A consequential direction is sought to the respondents to cause investigation on the complaints lodged by the petitioner. Sri A. Ravinder Reddy, Learned Counsel for the petitioner, would submit that the petitioner’s complaints have not even been registered till date, let alone any investigation being carried on subsequent thereto. 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 an offence, but also to direct the officer incharge of the concerned police station to hold proper investigation and, if need be, to monitor the investigation, if any, carried on. 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 November 03, 2011 MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.29374 OF 2011 November 03, 2011 MD [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409