THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.27849 OF 2005 Dated: 29-12-2005 Between A.P. NGO’s Recreation Club at Sunnipenta, Srisailam Project Registration No.387/1994, Rep. by its Secretary, D. Mallikarjuna Rao, S/o. Tatarao, R/o. Sunnipenta, Srisailam Project, Kurnool Dsitrict. …PETITIONER AND The Superintendent of Police, Kurnool District, Kurnool and others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Seeking a Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the day to day activities of the NGO’s Recreation Club at Sunnipenta, Srisailam Project, Kurnool District as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct the respondents not to interfere with the day to day activities of the club and playing the game of rummy/syndicate (13 card game), the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home. The issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in TWIN CITIES CINEMA CULTURAL CENTRE (FORMERLY TWIN CITIES CLUB) v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. Following the said judgment, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to obstruct the petitioner club from maintaining a card room to play the game of rummy with stakes/syndicate (thirteen card game). At the same time, the respondents are always at liberty to enter the club and check as to whether the club of the petitioner is conducting card room where the members and guests of the petitioner club are playing the game of rummy with stakes/syndicate (thirteen card game) for the purpose of verification. If they receive any intimation, the respondents may enter the club and verify the same and proceed further if the members and guests of the petitioner club play other than the game of rummy with stakes/syndicate (thirteen card game). The respondents are also at liberty to proceed with the cases, which are already registered. No order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J December 29, 2005 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order by 02.01.2006 (B/O) DSK