IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE THIRTENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.11608 of 2009 Between: Udayanagar Colony Residents Welfare Association, rep., by its Advisor V. Ramkoteshwar Rao, Municipal Colony, Hyderabad. … Petitioner And The Station House Officer, Police Station Chaderghat, Hyderabad. … Respondent Counsel for the petitioner : Ms. A. Ushi Reddy Counsel for the respondent : AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 11608 of 2009 ORDER:- In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent is interfering with the worship and poojas of the devotees of Sri Lord Shiridi Saibaba deity adjacent to the Prassannanjaney Swami Temple located in an extent of 200 square yards of open place situated at Municipal Colony, Malakpet, Hyderabad. On receipt of notice, the Inspector of Police, Chaderghat Police Station, Hyderabad, filed a counter-affidavit, wherein he inter alia stated that the petitioner along with some other local people erected a platform and installed the idol of Lord Shiridi Sai Baba measuring about 3½ feet on the platform on 14.05.2009 and that the land including the library are under the administrative control of the municipal corporation and that on 15.05.2009 the Assistant City Planner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (for short, ‘the Corporation’), Circle-IV gave a complaint to the police that the residents of the colony have installed the idol of Lord Sri Shiridi Sai Baba without obtaining the permission of the Corporation and requested for assistance to remove the idol from the place of installation. It is further stated that as the entire police force was on bandobust duty in connection with the counting of votes on 16.05.2009, assistance could not be provided to the municipal authorities and that a close watch has been kept at the place of the installation, as the petitioner with the assistance of the local people is likely to erect permanent structures at the place of installation. It is further stated that no obstruction for worship or poojas is being caused to the devotees. Having regard to the stand taken by the Inspector of Police, as referred to above, the writ petition is disposed of in the following terms. a) Without the permission of the Corporation, the petitioner or anybody else shall not raise permanent structures at the place of installation of the idol. b) So long as the worship of the idol, referred to above, does not cause inconvenience to the public or create disturbance of peace in the area, the respondent shall not interfere with the worship of Lord Shiridi Sai Baba by the members of the petitioner’s colony or any other member of the public. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.14866 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 13.07.2009 ES