Writ remedy unavailable for disputed OTS sanction attachment when the email's annexure was allegedly missing.

A writ petition seeking mandamus for issuance of an OTS sanction letter was held not maintainable where the petitioner disputed whether the email communication actually carried the alleged attachment. The court treated the dispute over the missing attachment as a matter unsuitable for writ jurisdiction and indicated that any remedy, if the sanction letter had not been enclosed, lay elsewhere. Relief was therefore declined.

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Issues: Whether the writ petition seeking a mandamus to direct issuance of an OTS sanction letter was maintainable when the petitioner disputed the existence of the attachment said to have accompanied the email communication.

Analysis: The relief sought was for issuance of an OTS sanction letter. The communication relied upon by the petitioner stated that the sanction communication was attached, but the petitioner's grievance was that no attachment was found. In such a situation, the dispute was not one for determination in writ jurisdiction, and the appropriate remedy, if the sanction letter was not attached, lay elsewhere.

Conclusion: The writ petition was not maintainable and the relief was declined.

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