Supreme Court overturns High Court's decision, stresses need to exhaust alternative remedies before filing writ petitions under Article 226.

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....Maintainability of petition before the High Court - availability of alternative remedy of statutory appeal - total lack of jurisdiction on the part of the Assessing Officer in passing the O-I-O or not - As such it cannot be said that there was total lack of jurisdiction on the part of the Assessing Officer in passing the O-I-O. Despite the above the High Court has entertained the writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and has entered into the merits of the case though the original writ petitioner did not avail the alternative statutory remedy of appeal against the order of O-I-O. - The impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court is hereby quashed and set aside - SC....