Statutory appellate remedy prevails over writ jurisdiction where detailed factual examination is required and delay supports relegation.

Writ jurisdiction could not be used to bypass the statutory appellate remedy where the dispute required detailed factual examination and did not fall within the exceptional category warranting direct writ intervention. The petitioner's writ was also filed beyond the appeal period, reinforcing relegation to the appellate forum. The Single Bench's direction to pursue the statutory appeal and for the appellate authority to decide it on merits was upheld, and the challenge to that direction failed.

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Issues: Whether the writ petitioner could bypass the statutory appellate remedy and invoke writ jurisdiction against the adjudication order.

Analysis: The dispute required a deep factual examination and was not one of those exceptional cases where writ jurisdiction could be invoked in preference to the statutory appeal. The filing of the writ petition well beyond the period prescribed for appeal also supported the view that the petitioner should be relegated to the appellate forum. The Single Bench's direction to avail the statutory appeal and for the appellate authority to decide it on merits was found justified.

Conclusion: The challenge to the direction relegating the petitioner to the statutory appellate remedy was rejected and the appeal failed.

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