https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183149 Availability of an adequate and efficacious alternative statutory appeal was treated as a material factor in writ discretion under Article 226, and the High Court properly refused to entertain the petition in limine because the appellate remedy was not shown to be ineffective, onerous, or practically unavailable. The court also held that a rule requiring dismissal whenever an alternative remedy exists cannot curtail constitutional discretion under Article 226 and was ultra vires to that extent. Even so, relief failed because the body against which the writ was sought had ceased to exist and no effective remedy could be granted against an extinct authority. en-us Mon, 03 Feb 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 30 May 2016 18:00:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183149 Availability of an adequate and efficacious alternative statutory appeal was treated as a material factor in writ discretion under Article 226, and the High Court properly refused to entertain the petition in limine because the appellate remedy was not shown to be ineffective, onerous, or practically unavailable. The court also held that a rule requiring dismissal whenever an alternative remedy exists cannot curtail constitutional discretion under Article 226 and was ultra vires to that extent. Even so, relief failed because the body against which the writ was sought had ceased to exist and no effective remedy could be granted against an extinct authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Feb 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183149