IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO. 198 OF 2006 Thakur Lal-Bahadur Keshar Singh & Ors. ... Petitioners V/s. The Western India Football Association (Maharashtra) & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr. R.A. Yadav for the Petitioners Mr. Pradeep Jadhav, Assistant Government Pleader, for Respondents No. 6 and 7. CORAM: KSHITIJ R. VYAS, C.J., & S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE: MARCH 1, 2006. P.C.:- In view of the fact that with respect to the subject- matter of the petition, the petitioners have already filed a civil suit in which they failed to obtain interim relief, the petition is required to be dismissed only on this ground alone. Apart from that, respondent No. 1, being an association, is not a 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution, and therefore also, the writ against the said respondent is not maintainable. Hence, the petition is dismissed. CHIEF JUSTICE S.C.DHARMADHIKARI,J.