IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23628 of 2008 Between: Gurudwara Sri Guru Sabha Guru Nanak Marg Ashok Bazar,Hyderabad rep.by its Organizing Secretary Havinder Singh Arora S/o.Sampuran Singh, Ashokbazar,Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Tank Bund Hyderabad 2 The Director of Sports Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Tank Bund Hyderabad .....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 a writ of more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to provide NTR stadium situate Opposite Indira Park Lower Tank Bund Hyderabad for the purpose of celebrating Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Jayanthi for one day ie on 13 th November 2008. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.R.HARSHA Counsel for the Respondent No.: R.RAMACHANDRA REDDY,SC FOR MCH 1,2,4&6 The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been ﬁled by Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha represented by its organizing Secretary Harvinder Singh Arora assailing the action of the 1st respondent in not considering the application ﬁled by the petitioner seeking permission to celebrate Sri Guru Nank Dev Ji Jayanthi on 13.11.2008 at NTR Stadium, opposite to Indira Park, Lower Tank Bund, Hyderabad. Harvinder Singh Arora, Organizing Secretary of Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha-petitioner has sworn to the aﬃdavit. It is stated in the writ aﬃdavit that the petitioner submitted an application to the 1st respondent for sanction of N.T.R.Stadium, Opposite Indira Park, Hyderabad on 13.11.2008 to celebrate Sri Guru Nank Dev Ji Jayanthi on 13.11.2008. It is also stated in the writ aﬃdavit that on an earlier occasion when the 1st respondent refused to grant permission a writ petition being WP No.26398 of 2006 was ﬁled and the said writ petition came to be disposed of directing the 1st respondent to consider the request of the petitioner to provide N.T.R.Stadium, Opposite Indira Park, Hyderabad. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. The factual aspect of this Court directing the 1st respondent to consider the application in similar circumstances is not in dispute. Indeed a copy of the order passed in WP No.26398 of 2006 has been placed on record. The relevant portion of the order reads as under: “In the light of the facts and circumstances well explained and also in the light of the directions issued by this Court in WP No.21166 of 2005, dated 2.11.2005, this Court is of the considered opinion that the present writ petition be disposed of directing the respondents to consider the request of the petitioner to provide N.T.R Stadium situated opposite to Indira Park, Lower Tank Bund, Hyderabad, for the purpose of holding Kirtan (prayer) by the petitioner on 10.2.2007, subject to such conditions which may be imposed in this regard taking into consideration the facts and circumstances at an early date, preferably, within a period of one week form the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” Since in similar circumstances, a direction has been given to 1st respondent to consider the request of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition directing the 1st respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner subject to the following conditions: 1) The writ petitioner shall provide adequate parking place as well as basic amenities to the persons who attend the celebrations; 2) The sound level of celebrations shall be maintained in such a manner as not to disturb the local residents. This writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. _________ 4-11-2008 Note: Issue CC by two days. (B.O) rkk