Editing Mandamus (section)

==Types==
There are three kinds of mandamus:

#'''Alternative mandamus''': A mandamus issued upon the first application for relief, commanding the defendant either to perform the act demanded or to appear before the court at a specified time to show cause for not performing it.
#'''[[Peremptory writ of mandamus|Peremptory mandamus]]''': An absolute and unqualified command to the defendant to do the act in question. It is issued when the defendant defaults on, or fails to show sufficient cause in answer to, an alternative mandamus.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goodrich |first1=Warren M. |last2=Cone |first2=Al J. |title=Mandamus in Florida |journal=University of Florida Law Review |date=1951 |volume=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hurley |first1=James V. |title=The Writ of Mandamus in Wisconsin |journal=Wisconsin Law Review |date=1961 |volume=1961 |issue=4 |page=636}}</ref>
#'''[[Continuing mandamus]]''': A mandamus issued to a lower authority in general public interest asking the officer or the authority to perform its tasks expeditiously for an unstipulated period of time for preventing miscarriage of justice.<ref>Vineet Narain v. Union of India, AIR 1996 SC 3386.</ref>