Telangana High Court
WP/33034/2010 of Sri Ganesh Cultural Club, represented by Vs Superintendent of Police, on 29 December 2010
R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33034 of 2010 Date: 29.12.2010 Between : Sri Ganesh Cultural Club, Srikakulam. … Petitioner and Superintendent of Police, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District and others. … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33034
Date: 29.12.2010
Between :
Sri Ganesh Cultural Club,Srikakulam.
… Petitioner
and
Superintendent of Police,
Srikakulam, Srikakulam District and others.
… Respondents
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ORAL ORDER :
In this writ petition, petitioner, which is a recreation club,seeks a mandamus declaring the action of respondents in interferingwith its lawful activities including playing cards game of rummystakes by its members, as illegal and arbitrary.
2. When the matter is taken up, it is submitted by the learnedcounsel for petitioner as well as the learned Assistant GovernmentPleader for Home, appearing for respondents, that similar mattershave been disposed of in view of judgment of a Division Bench ofthis Court in the case of Twin Cities Cinema Cultural Centre Vs.
Commissioner of Police[[1]],in which,a Division Bench of this Court held as under:
“…the police authorities cannot obstruct the writ petitioner-Clubfrom conducting card room where the members and guests of thewrit petitioner’s cultural center are allowed to play the game ofrummy with stakes/syndicate (thirteen card game). At the sametime, we make it clear that the police is always at liberty to enterthe premises and check as to whether the cultural center of theClub is conducting card room where the members and guests ofpetitioner’s cultural center are playing the game of rummy withstakes/syndicate (thirteen card game) for the purpose ofverification. If they receive any intimation, the Police may enter theclub and verify the same and proceed further if the members andguests of writ petitioner’s cultural center play other than the gameof rummy with stakes/syndicate (thirteen card game), the policeauthorities are also at liberty to proceed with the cases, which arealready registered. The writ appeal is disposed of accordingly.”
3. Following the aforesaid judgment of the Division Bench ofthis Court, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to therespondents not to interfere with the lawful activities of thepetitioner-recreation club, including playing cards game of rummyby its members. However, it is made clear that if any objectionablegames are undertaken in the petitioner-recreation club, this orderwill not preclude the respondents from entering into the premisesand taking steps in accordance with law.
4. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition isdisposed of, at the admission stage. No order as to costs.
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JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY
[1]2002(5) ALT 805 (DB)
29.12.2010Msr