HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.28950 OF 2009 ORDER: Questioning the notice in RC.No. 1457/2009-C, dated 10.12.2009, the present writ petition is filed. By the said notice the petitioner was informed that the lease agreement, in respect of the rice mill at Sircilla, would expire by 31.12.2009; proposals were submitted for sale of the land; and he should, therefore, vacate the rice mill and handover the same by 31.12.2009 after verifying the accounts. The petitioner is a partnership firm carrying on business in purchase and sale of paddy, converting it into rice and its byproducts and to sell the same. An agreement was entered into on 16.06.2008, for a period of two years, from 01.01.2008 till 31.12.2009. The petitioner would contend that, in the recent rainy season, they had sustained heavy loss and that the labour quarters had also collapsed because of floods. The petitioner would further submit that, at the direction of the respondent, they had constructed the labour rooms and were orally assured that the lease would be extended; they had purchased paddy in high quantity and were planning to convert it into rice for the purpose of marketing; and the respondent had suddenly issued the impugned notice. The lease agreement dated 16.06.2008 is not referable to any statutory provision or rule. The petitioner alleges breach of the said lease agreement and would contend that he is entitled to continue till 31.10.2010 for a period of one more year on the basis of the oral assurance given by the authorities concerned. Non-statutory contractual disputes are better adjudicated in civil proceedings before the Civil Court of competent jurisdiction. This Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India would, ordinarily, not interfere in such matters. I see no reason to exercise discretion under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to entertain a writ petition seeking adjudication of non-statutory contractual disputes or for enforcement of contractual obligations. Leaving it open to the petitioner, if they so choose, to avail the alternative remedies available to them in law, including by way of a Civil Suit before the Civil Court of competent jurisdiction, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date:26.03.2010 usd