JUDGMENT In this writ application the writ petitioner challenges an order of valuation made by the Hearing Officer In respect of premises No. 21, Chanditala Main Road, Calcutta which is Annexure-G to the writ application. 2. Mr. Das Adhikari has produced records relating to this case. From the records it appears that the Hearing Officer by passing an order of valuation has in fact passed the following order :– “Assessee is present. See inspection report. Heard the assessee. Seen also I.B. after hearing both the parties and con-sidering the matter the reasonable rent is fixed at Rs. 1.000/- and municipal annual value therefore comes to Rs. 10,800/- after-allowing statutory deduction as admissible.” 3. In my view this is not at all a reasoned order. No reason has been given by the Hearing Officer as to why the reasonable rent could be fixed at Rs. 1,000/-. The writ petitioner filed an objection which is Annexure-B to the writ petition at page 31. Several objections were raised in the same. From the order indicated above it does not appear that the Hearing Officer while coming to such conclusion has at all applied his mind. In that view of the matter I set aside the order of valuation which is Annexure-G to the writ petition and direct the Hearing Officer to decide the same afresh in accordance with law within four months from the date of communication of this order after giving hearing to the writ petitioner and other parties, if there be any, and after passing a reasoned order in accordance with law. 4. I am not unmindful of the fact that a provision of appeal has been provided under Section 189 of the CMC Act, 1980 against an order of valuation made under Section 188 of the CMC Act, 1980. A point may be raised that in view of such alternative remedy available to the writ petitioner the writ petition cannot be entertained. It is now well settled by various decisions of the Supreme Court as well as of this Court that when an authority passes any order without application of mind and such order is passed without giving any reasons the Writ Court is entitled to entertain the writ application without directing the writ petitioner to avail the alternative remedy by way of appeal. 5. 5. Accordingly, I set aside the order of valuation and the Hearing Officer is directed to dispose of the same in the manner indicated above. 6. The writ petition is allowed to the extent indicated above. 7. There will be no order as to costs. All parties are to act on a xerox signed copy of this dictated order on the usual undertaking.