IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 15625 of 2009 Between: P.R BROTHERS ELECTRONICS COMPUTARISED Childrens Video Games Rep.by its Proprietor C.Poshetty S/o. Sri C.Pentaiah(30) Years D.No.5-1-245 Shanthinagar,Zaheerabad(M) &(T) Medak District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 THE SUPERINTENDNT OF POLICE Medak District 2 The Station House Officer P.S Zaheerabad,Medak District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declare the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioner's peaceful possession of the said Electronics Computerized Children's Video Games shop as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents not prosecute the petitioners in the illegal cases under the A.P Gaming act or in any other cases or criminal cases etc Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MACHERLA MOHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.15625 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioner’s peaceful possession of the electronics computerized children video games shop, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently sought for a direction to the respondents not to prosecute the petitioner in the cases under the provisions of A.P. Gaming Act or in any other cases. When this matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Counsel appearing on either side fairly conceded that the issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by a decision of this Court in Writ Petition No.16596 of 2003 dated 28.08.2003. Following the aforesaid order, this writ petition is also disposed of with the following observations and directions: 1. Petitioner who is running the games center for playing video games is not required to take out any licence under the A.P. Grambling Act. 2. It is not suggested that the licence is required under the provisions of any other Act; 3. The respondent-police officers have no power to interfere with the running of centers for playing video games on the electronic equipment on the ground that the petitioner does not possess the licence; and 4. If it is felt that the petitioner has contravened any of the provisions of the A.P. Grambling Act, it is open for the authorities to take action to prosecute the petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 03-08-2009 Note: C.C. in two days. (Bo) Gsn.