Alternative remedy not a bar to entertain writ petition if question of jurisdiction is involved

Imax Infrastructure Private Limited Vs Deputy Commissioner (Calcutta High Court) Mr. Ghosh also raised point of maintainability of the writ petition on the ground of availability of alternative remedy by way of an appellate forum but the same is not sustainable for the reason that it is a well settled principle that alternative remedy is not always a bar and particularly when the question of jurisdiction is involved in the writ petition and the writ court is very much empowered to entertain the writ petition, if an order or action of an officer is without jurisdiction or there is a violation o...