1 cr-wp-146-11 jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 146 OF 2011 National Association for the Blind and Anr. ..Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Ors. ..Respondents .... Mr. Sanjeev Punatekar i/b Rajendra Porkar Advocate for petitioners Mrs. S.V.Gajare A.P.P. for the State .... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED : MARCH 15, 2011 PER COURT: 1 By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioners have prayed for the following reliefs. (a) This Hon'ble Court be pleased to issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to Respondent No.1 to 3 for giving protection to Petitioners in respect of their human lives i.e. members and staff of NAB and protection of their property from such assault in future from 2 cr-wp-146-11 respondent no.4 and his agents, followers etc. at Ambernath and/or any other locality; (b) This Hon'ble Court be pleased to issue directions to Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to take all appropriate prohibitory measures including issuance of prohibitory notices to respondent no. 4 and other persons who have indulged in or are likely to indulge in violence against the petitioners; (c ) That this Hon'ble Court be pleased to direct the Respondent no. 4 and other beneficiaries of NAB not to take law in their own hands and not to disturb, damage the property of NAB (India) and not to assault the members of management, staff and beneficiaries of NAB (India); (d) That the Respondent no. 4 and his associates/ supporters be directed not to enter the NAB premises in groups/ mob so as to prevent such dharnas/ illegal assembly in large in future; (e) That the Respondent No. 3 may be directed to give regular protection to NAB India and their staff and management till the Respondent No. 4 is duly dealt with as per law. 2 In respect of the reliefs which the petitioners have prayed for 3 cr-wp-146-11 we find that the petitioners have an alternate efficacious remedy which the petitioners may resort to. In that light of the matter, this writ petition is dismissed with no order as to costs relegating the petitioners to avail the remedy available to the petitioners in law. [N.D.DESHPANDE, J.] [ P.V.HARDAS, J. ]