Srinagar, June 3 -- Srinagar- Observing that courts should ordinarily refrain from bypassing statutory forums when a complete appellate and revisional mechanism is available under law, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging a revised building permission granted by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation.

A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal dismissed the petition filed by M A War, who had sought quashing of Revised Building Permission Order issued by SMC in favour of private respondent, AA Mufti, after certain deviations in construction were compounded.

The petitioner alleged that the construction was raised over land situated at Naseembagh Srinagar in substantial deviation from the sanctioned plan an...