THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3081 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is a club. It complains that the respondents are interfering with the activity of playing Rummy game with 13 cards. Reliance is placed upon a judgment rendered by this Court in Twin Cities Cinema Cultural Center, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad vs. Commissioner of Police, A.P., Hyderabad and others[1]. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home. It is not in dispute that a Division Bench of this Court held that Rummy is not a game of chance but the one of skill. Therefore, it is not prohibited under the provisions of the A.P. Gaming Act. Following the same, the writ petition is disposed of directing that the respondents shall not interfere with the playing of 13 cards Rummy game in the petitioner-club. Whenever it becomes necessary to take action, it shall be taken in the presence of the officials of the Revenue Department irrespective of their rank. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it is stated that portraits of eminent people are unveiled in the club and they are arranged at various places within the premises. It is directed that the petitioner shall ensure that the activity of playing cards does not take place in the rooms, in which such portraits are put. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:22.02.2010. kdl [1] 2002(5) ALT 805 (D.B.)7