Honble CHAUHAN, J.–Petitioner claims that he was initially appointed as a Class IV employee known as ``Jaldhari in the Government Upper Primary School in Panchayat Samiti, Bagidora, district Banswara, with effect from 16.7.1993 and since then he has been continuously working as such. However, he is being treated as a part-time employee and is being paid the consolidated salary and not the salary in the minimum pay scale of the post of Class IV employee. Thus, the petition has been filed seeking direction for regularisation and for payment of the pay scale of a regular employee. (2). The issue whether the petitioner is a part-time employee or is working whole day, is a question of fact which cannot be entertained in writ jurisdiction. Thus, the main issue involved in the present case is whether the petition be entertained or petitioner be relegated to avail the remedy under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act). (3). The issue of maintainability of a writ petition where some alternative remedy is available is no more res integra and there can be no dispute regarding the legal proposition that a party should ordinarily avail the statutory remedy instead of approaching the writ Court, however the alternative remedy should be adequate, efficacious, speedy and not of burden-some or onerous in character. (Vide Himmat Lal Hari Lal Mehta vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and Others (1); State of Bombay vs. United Motors India Ltd. (2); State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Mohd. Nooh (3); K.S. Rashid & Sons vs. Income Tax Investigating Commissioner (4); A.B. Venketaswaran, Collector of Customs, Bombay vs. Ram Chandra Shobraj Wadhwani (5) and Calcutta Discount Company Ltd. vs. Income Tax Officer (6). (4). In Whirlpool Corporation vs. Registrar of D.M. Trade-Marks, Mumbai (7) the Apex Court has observed as under:- ``Under Article 226 of the Constitution, the High Court, having regard to the facts of the case, has a discretion to entertain or not to entertain a writ petition. But the High Court has imposed upon itself certain res- trictions, one of which is that if an effective and efficacious remedy is available, the High Court would not normally exercise its jurisdiction. But the High Court has imposed upon itself certain res- trictions, one of which is that if an effective and efficacious remedy is available, the High Court would not normally exercise its jurisdiction. But an alternative remedy has been consistently held by this Court not to operate as a bar in atleast three contingencies, namely, (i) where the writ petition has been filed for the enforcement of any of the fundamental rights; or (ii) where there has been a violation of the principles of natural justice; or (iii) where the order or proceedings are held without jurisdiction or the vires of the Act is challenged. (5). So far as the issue of industrial dispute is concerned, it was considered by the Constitution Bench of the Honble Supreme Court in Basant Kumar Sarkar vs. M/s. Eagle Rolling Mills (8) and the Court observed as under:- ``The High Court has held that the question as to whether the notices and circulars issued by the respondent No.1 were valid, could not be considered under Article 226 of the Constitution; that is a matter which can be appropriately raised in the form of dispute by the appe- llants under Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act........ We would confirm the finding of the High Court that the proper remedy, which is available to the appellants to ventilate their grievance in respect of such notice and circulars is to take recourse to Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act..... (6). A similar view has been reiterated by Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in G. Virrai Pillai vs. Raman & Raman Ltd. (9). In U.P. Jal Nigam vs. N.S. Mathur (10), the Court observed as under:- ``Where a statutory Tribunal has been constituted specially to look into the grievance of the government servant, it is a statutory obliga- tion on the part of such government servant first to avail those of the statutory remedies. In case they are aggrieved against the order passed by the Tribunal, the remedy under Article 226 is always available to them.... Under these circumstances.... it was wholly unjustified in entertaining the writ petition. (7). This view has been fortified by the recent judgments of the Honble Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income Tax, Lucknow vs. U.P. Forest Corporation and Ors. (11). Under these circumstances.... it was wholly unjustified in entertaining the writ petition. (7). This view has been fortified by the recent judgments of the Honble Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income Tax, Lucknow vs. U.P. Forest Corporation and Ors. (11). In Scooters India Ltd. vs. Vijay E.V. Eldred, (12), the Honble Supreme Court has held as under:- ``The above facts alone are sufficient to indicate that there was no occasion for the High Court to entertain the writ petition directly for adjudication of an industrial dispute involving the determination of disputed questions of facts, for which remedy under the Industrial Law was available to the workman. (8). In Life Insurance Corporation of India vs. D.J. Bahadur (13), the Honble Supreme Court held as under:- ``In determining whether a statute is a special or a general one, the focus must be on the principal subject matter plus the particular perspective. For certain purposes, an Act may be general and for certain other purposes it may be special and we cannot blur distinc- tions when dealing with finer points of law. In law, we have a cosmos of relativity, not absolutes so too in life. The I.D. Act is a special statute devoted wholly to investigation and settlement of industrial disputes which provides definitionally for the nature of industrial disputes coming within its ambit. It creates an infrastructure for investigation into, solution of and adjudication upon industrial disputes. It also provides the necessary machiner for enforcement of awards and settlements. From alpha to omega the I.D. Act has one special mission - the resolution of industrial disputes through specialised agen- cies according to specialised procedures and with special reference to the weaker categories of employees coming within the definition of workmen. Therefore, with reference to industrial disputes between employers and workmen, the I.D. Act is a special statute and the LIC Act does not speak at all with specific reference to workmen. On the other hand, its powers relate to the general aspects of nationalisation, of management when private businesses are nationalised and a plurality of problems which incidentally, involve transfer of service of existing employees of insurers. The workmen qua workmen and industrial disputes between workmen and the employer as such are beyond the orbit of and have no specific or special place in the scheme of the L.I.C. Act. The workmen qua workmen and industrial disputes between workmen and the employer as such are beyond the orbit of and have no specific or special place in the scheme of the L.I.C. Act. And whenever there was a dispute between workmen and management, the I.D. Act mechanism was resorted to. (9). A Constitution Bench of this Court in Gopi Lal Teli vs. State of Rajasthan (14), has considered this aspect and held that in a case of termination of service of a workman, the normal rule for an employee should be to avail remedy provided under the Industrial Disputes Act and entertainment of the writ petition by this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, without exhausting the remedies, should be with great care and caution and in very exceptional cases. (10). In Tin Plate Co. of India Ltd. vs. State of Bihar (15), the Court observed as under:- ``It is, no doubt, true that when an alternative and equally efficacious remedy is open to a person, he should be required to persue that remedy and not to invoke extraordinary jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution and where such a remedy is available, it would be sound exercise of discretion to refuse to entertain the writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. (11). Similar view has been reiterated in Sheela Devi vs. Jaspal Singh (16). (12). It is settled proposition of law that where adequate remedy can be read in the statute, plea of resort to writ remedy under Article 226/227 must be discouraged. (Vide Shyam Kishore vs. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (17) and Mohan Pandey vs. Smt. Usha Rani Rajgaria (18). (13). The question of having absolute bar in writ jurisdiction to entertain a petition does not arise as it is entitled proposition of law that judicial review in writ jurisdiction is permissible with certain limitations which have been explained from time to time by the Court and the same are reiterated in Whirlpool (supra). Holding an absolute bar to entertain a writ petition in respect of industrial disputes or industrial relations would tentamount to holding the Court not having competence to judicially review an order impugned order. Judicial review, being the basic fea- ture of the Constitution, cannot be taken away by such interpretation. Holding an absolute bar to entertain a writ petition in respect of industrial disputes or industrial relations would tentamount to holding the Court not having competence to judicially review an order impugned order. Judicial review, being the basic fea- ture of the Constitution, cannot be taken away by such interpretation. Thus, the Court has power to entertain such a petition but the self-imposed restrictions do not warrant the exercise of such power in cases where the statutory remedy is provided for and disputed questions of facts are involved. (14). In S.R. Bommai vs. Union of India & Ors. (19), the Honble Supreme Court has observed as under:- ``Judicial review is a basic feature of the Constitution. This Court/High Courts have Constitutional duty and responsibility to exercise judicial review as sentinel on the quivive. Judicial review is not concerned with the merit of the decision but in the manner in which the decision was taken.... Judicial review must be distinguished from the justiciability by the Court. The two concepts are not synonymous. The power of judicial review is a constituent power and cannot be abdicated by judicial process of interpretation. (15). Thus, even if the Court has a power of judicial review, it does not mean that it should be exercised in a case where a statute provides for a particular remedy and disputed questions of facts are involved. Under the Rent Control Act, there may be a case where a landlord can satisfy the writ court that the tenant has committed default in making the payment of rent which rendered him liable to be evicted. The writ court cannot be permitted to entertain the petition for the simple reason that an effective remedy is provided under a particular Statute and a party must resort to the same and prove the factual position there by adducing the sufficient evidence. (16). The issue of granting relief under the mandate of Article 39(d) of the Constitution has been considered by the Honble Supreme Court from time to time and it has been held that the State, being a model employer, cannot be permitted to exploit the helplessness of the employees. Vide Vijay Kumar vs. State of Punjab & Ors. (20) and State of Haryana & Anr. vs. Ramchandra & Anr. (21). Vide Vijay Kumar vs. State of Punjab & Ors. (20) and State of Haryana & Anr. vs. Ramchandra & Anr. (21). However, the grant of relief under the said provisions impliedly require that the quality and qua- ntity of the work done by the employees should be of the same/similar nature of a regular employee as the principle of ``equal pay for equal work is not applicable where there are inherent difficulties in comparing and evaluating the work done by different persons in different organisations or even in the same organisation - Vide State of Haryana vs. Jasmer Singh (22); State of Haryana vs. Surinder Kumar (23); Union Territory of Chandigarh vs. Krishna Murari (24); State Bank Officers Association vs. State Bank of India & Ors. (25); Sita Devi and Ors. vs. State of Haryana & Ors. (26); State of M.P. & Ors. vs. Pramod Bharti & Ors. (27); State of Haryana & Ors. vs. Ravi Bala (28); Nain Singh Bhakuni & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. (29) and Chandreshwar Narain Dube vs. Union of India & Ors. (30). (17). Whether the petitioner is doing the work full-time or working for a short-period, or as a part-time employee is a question of fact which requires evidence and as the disputed questions of facts are involved. I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The petition is accordingly dismissed. However, the petitioner is at liberty to approach the Appropriate Government under Section 10 of the Act for making a reference to the Labour Court. If petitioner moves the Government for making the reference,it is directed that his application would be disposed of expeditiously and preferably within two months from moving the application.