THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.17052 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner claims to be the owner of an extent of 124 square yards in Konda Reddyguda, Kishan Bagh, Bahadurpura Mandal, Hyderabad. It is his grievance that, while he was trying to construct a compound wall over the said land, several unruly and unsocial elements prevented him from doing so. The petitioner filed a civil suit against one such person and the civil Court is said to have granted an interim order of injunction. The petitioner would request that these unruly and unsocial elements be proceeded against, so as to enable him to proceed with the construction of the compound wall. It is his case that though he sought to make a complaint to the first respondent, a copy thereof was not even received. 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 incharge 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 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) 3rd August 2011 RRB [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409