THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.17400 of 2003 Between: Telangana Class IV Employees Association Recreation Club, Special Unit, Mancherial, Adilabad District, rep. by its President Sri Malapati Venkateswarlu. … Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, Adilabad, and two others. … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in obstructing playing of rummy with stakes/syndicate by the members of the petitioner club, as illegal and arbitrary and for a consequential direction to the respondents not to interfere with playing of rummy by the members of the petitioner club. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Respondents filed counter affidavit denying the allegations and stated that they never interfered with the running of the club on the ground that the game of rummy is being played and the allegation of the petitioner is totally false and baseless. 4. Recording the submissions made by the respondents in the counter affidavit, the writ petition is closed. No costs. __________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. September 29, 2005 MRR