THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.8914 of 2006 DATED: 27-04-2006 BETWEEN Islamic Academy for comparative Religion, rep. By its President, Muhammed Asifuddin. …PETITIONERS AND The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad rep. By its Director of Soports, Hyderabad. …RESPONDENT. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.8914 of 2006 ORDER: This petition is filed seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not granting NTR Stadium, situated opposite to Indira Park, Lower Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad, for organizing a cosmopolitan gathering on 20-05-2006 and 21-05-2006 to the petitioner, vide Lr.No.843/PG/S1/MCH/2006, dated 16-03-2006, as illegal and arbitrary. The case of the petitioner is that it is a voluntary organization, registered under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Public Societies Act, vide Registration No.2049 of 1998 and it is especially formed for promotion of interfaith understanding, communal harmony, National Integration and Universal brotherhood and striving to achieve the aims and objects of the organization since its inception. It is stated that it has invited Dr. Zakir Naik, an international Orator on God and universal brotherhood, to Hyderabad to deliver message on interfaith understanding and universal brotherhood and for that purpose, it made a representation to the respondent on 14-03-2006 to accord permission to organize the said programme at NTR Stadium on 20-5-2006 and 21-05-2006, but the respondent has refused the same vide impugned proceedings. Hence, the writ petition. The petitioner Organization asked the respondent to provide Stadium for conducting a religious programme but not for conducting any Dharna or picketing. On this issue, this Court disposed of several writ petitions directing the respondent to permit Stadium for such purchase. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent is directed to permit the petitioner for organizing the programme of communal harmony and interfaith understanding, on 20-5-2006 and 21-05-2006 at NTR Stadium, subject to fulfillment of certain conditions that may be imposed by the respondent Corporation and other authorities concerned and on complying with the other formalities. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ V. ESWARAIAH, J Dated:27-04-2006 sj