WP/2476/2025 of Vakkalagadda Subbarao, Vs Union of India

APHC010043322025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Bench Sr.No:-19 [3483] AT AMARAVATI WRIT PETITION NO: 2476 of 2025 Vakkalagadda Subbarao and others ...Petitioners Vs. Union of India and others ...Respondents ********** Advocate for Petitioners : Mrs. Kalla Tulasi Durgamba Advocate for Respondents : -- CORAM : THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI DATE : 4th February, 2025 PC: We have heard learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. In the present case, we are of the opinion that there is an equally efficacious alternate remedy available to the petitioners which could be invoked more so in view of the ratio of the Apex Court judgment in United Bank of India vs. Satyawati Tondon 1 wherein the Apex Court held as under:- 45. It is true that the rule of exhaustion of alternative remedy is a rule of discretion and not one of compulsion, but it is difficult to fathom any reason why the High Court should entertain a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution and pass interim order ignoring the fact that the petitioner can avail effective alternative remedy by filing application, 1 [(2010)8 SCC 110 : 2010 INSC 428] 2 HCJ & RC,J WP_2476_2025 appeal,