Ranjeet Singh vs State Of Rajasthan And Ors. on 10 April, 2007
5. Shri B.L. Sharma argued that the petitioner had to file writ petition directly before this Court bypassing the remedy of appeal because there was utter failure of the principle of natural justice in passing of the impugned order and therefore the remedy of appeal in the circumstances of the case cannot be taken as absolute bar to the maintainability of the writ petition. Alternative remedy cannot come as a bar for entertaining a writ petition where there has been whole some violation of principle of natural justice, as has been held by their lordships of the Supreme Court in Whirlpool Corporation v. Registrar of Trade Marks, Mumbai and Ors. . It was therefore prayed that the impugned orders be quashed and set aside and the respondents be directed to restore the arms licenses originally granted to the petitioner.