IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14383 of 2009 Between: Nandigama Cultural and Recreation Club a society registered under A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001, bearing registration No. 228/1978 having their office at Ryotpet, Nandigama, Krishna District, rep. by President Sri. Ch. Chaitanya Kumar ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of A.P., Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. Rep. by The Principal Secretary. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Krishna District, Machilipatnam 3 The Station House Officer, Nandigama Town P.S., Nandigama, Krishna District. ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.NALIN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : O R D E R: In this writ petition, the petitioner club sought for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in interfering with the playing of the game of rummy (13 cards) with stakes/syndicate by its members as illegal and arbitrary. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the petitioner enumerated the instances of the alleged interference by the police with the playing of rummy by the members of the petitioner club. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that the police have never visited or interfered with the playing of rummy (13 cards) by the members of the petitioner club. This submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is placed on record and the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents not to interfere with the playing of rummy (13 cards) by the members of the petitioner club. However, the police are not precluded from taking appropriate action strictly in accordance with law, if the petitioner is shown to have violated any of the existing laws in force. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.18851 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 27th July, 2009 vrn