THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITOIN NO.29818 OF 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for, in this Writ Petition, is to declare the action of respondents 5 to 8 in interfering with the personal liberty of the petitioner, including the activities of the petitioner in establishing and running the society, as violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner claims to be a society registered under the Societies Registration Act carrying on social and cultural activities including running a card room wherein Rummy is said to be played. The petitioner claims to have filed a civil suit, and to have obtained an interlocutory order whereby an Advocate Commissioner was appointed to observe the activities of the society for six months, and to submit a monthly report. They are aggrieved by the alleged interference by the police officials with their activities. When the matter was listed today the Learned Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, would submit that two criminal cases have been booked against the petitioner society; on search of the premises certain persons were found to be playing a card game called Mangathai (in and out); two criminal cases were booked; and Rs.78,200/- and Rs.2,88,487/- respectively were seized. Counsel, appearing on either side, would agree that the subject matter of this writ petition is covered by the order in W.P.No.24533 of 2011 and batch dated 09.09.2011 wherein this Court, while directing the respondents not to interfere with any card game of Rummy (a 13 cards game), whatever be the stakes, being played in the clubs, observed that the respondents were not precluded from entering into these clubs, from taking action in terms of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974 (for short, “the Act”) and, thereafter, to initiate penal proceedings under Sections 3 and 4 for violation of the provisions of the Act. This Court made it clear that the petitioner clubs should cause no hindrance to the respondents in exercising their statutory powers under Section 5 or any other provisions of the Act. This Writ Petition is also disposed of in accordance with, and in terms of, the order passed in W.P.No.24533 of 2011 and batch dated 09.09.2011. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date: 30.11.2011 MRKR