THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.16577 OF 2010 DATED 6TH AUGUST, 2010 BETWEEN The Nirmal Club Besides Inspection Bungalow, NH-7 Road, Nirmal, Adilabad District. Rep. by its General Secretary, G.Eshwar s/o Narsingam, Aged about 49 lyears, Occ.Business. … Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, Adilabad. And Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.16577 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner club seeks a direction to the respondent police authorities to forbear from interfering/obstructing it from allowing its members to play the game of Rummy (13 card game). It also challenges the action of the authorities in interfering with its lawful activities on the ground that the same is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution as well as being contrary to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submitted that the respondent police authorities were not interfering with the lawful activities of the petitioner club. It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home that the matter is covered by the Judgment dated 29.07.2002 of a Division Bench of this Court in Writ Appeal No.1167 of 2002 wherein it was held thus: “Therefore, the police authorities cannot obstruct the writ petitioner-club from conducting card room where the members and guests of the writ petitioner’s cultural center are allowed to play the game of rummy with stakes syndicate (thirteen card game). At the same time, we make it clear that the police is always at liberty to enter the premises and check as to whether the cultural center of the club is conducting card room where the members and guests of the petitioner’s cultural center are playing the game of rummy with stakes/syndicate (thirteen card game), for the purpose of verification. If they receive any intimation, the policy may enter the club and verify the same and proceed further if the members and guests of writ petitioner’s cultural center play other than the game of rummy with stakes syndicate (thirteen card game). The police authorities are also at liberty to proceed with the cases, which are already registered. The Writ Appeal is disposed of accordingly.” Following the aforestated Judgment and for reasons alike, the writ petition is disposed of with directions as extracted supra. No costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 6TH AUGUST, 2010. Note: Issue C.C. in three days. B/O VGSR