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23. The learned counsel for the first respondent lays emphasis on the decision of this Court GANESA NAICKER V. KIKILAMABAL, (2006) 1 LW 677 (Mad), wherein it is held that 'Power under Article 227 must be exercised with restraint and only for the purpose of keeping the subordinate courts and tribunals within the bounds of their authority.' Further, in the decision GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAN V. S.RAMALINGAM (2007) 7 MLJ 13 (Mad), wherein this Court has held that 'only wrong decisions may not be a ground for the exercise of jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution, unless the wrong is referable to grave dereliction of duty and flagrant abuse of power by the subordinate Courts and Tribunals resulting in grave injustice to a party.'