K.Mayandi v. The Assistant Commissioner Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.02.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.DHANABAL W.P.(MD)No.4319 of 2025 K.Mayandi ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Junction, Tirunelveli City.

2. The Inspector of Police, Pettai Police Station, Tirunelveli City.

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the 2nd respondent in C.No. /Forecast/B2PS/ 2025, dated 09.02.2025, and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents to give grant permission and adequate police protection and also providing sound service permission during the Lighting Kabadi Tournament schedule to be held on 28.02.2025 at Evening 06.00 p.m. to 01.03.2025 till Night 12.00 a.m., situated at Udaiyavar Street, Pettai, Tirunelveli District. 1/6

For Petitioner :

Mr.A.Balaji For Respondents :

Mr.R.M.Anbunithi Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed challenging the order passed by the 2nd respondent in C.No. /Forecast/B2PS/ 2025, dated 09.02.2025, with a consequential direction to the respondents to grant permission and adequate police protection and also to provide sound service permission during Lighting Kabadi Tournament scheduled to be held on 28.02.2025 at 06.00 p.m. to 01.03.2025 till night 12.00 a.m., at Udaiyavar Street, Pettai, Tirunelveli District.

2. According to the petitioner, he is the member of the sports club situated at Udaiyavar Street, Pettai, Tirunelveli District and in the said village, Lighting Kabadi Tournament is scheduled to be held on 28.02.2025 at 06.00 p.m. to 01.03.2025 till night 12.00 a.m. Therefore, a representation was made for grant of permission for conducting the aforesaid programme. However, the same was rejected by the second respondent vide the impugned order dated 09.02.2025. 2/6

Kabadi tournament is only the sports activity. However, the second respondent simply rejected it on the ground that this sports event is conducted by particular community people and all the community people would participate in the said tournament and therefore, there may be chances for law and order issue. The second respondent cannot simply reject the request made by the petitioner for grant of permission for conducting kabadi tournament, citing law and order issue and hence, the order passed by the second respondent is liable to be set aside.

3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, would submit that the respondents rejected the request made by the petitioner for grant of permission for conducting kabadi tournament on the ground that there may be chances for communal clash and law and order issue. He would further state that the petitioner also sought for permission for conducting the kabadi tournament from 28.02.2025 at 06.00 p.m. to 01.03.2025 till night 12.00 a.m., and therefore, the respondents rejected the request made by the petitioner by assigning valid reasons.

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4. This Court heard both sides and perused the records placed before this Court.

5. In this case, the sports event namely kabadi tournament is scheduled to be conducted from 28.02.2025 at 06.00 p.m. to 01.03.2025 till night 12.00 a.m. But, the same was rejected by the respondents by citing law and order issue.

6. At this juncture, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner also assured that they wont create any law and order issue while conducting the sports event, namely kabadi tournament, there will not be any communal related activities in the sports event.

7. Recording the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and also considering the fact that the event is only the sports activity, this Court is inclined to set aside the order passed by the second respondent and accordingly, the impugned order passed by the second respondent dated 09.02.2025 is set aside. The second respondent is directed to 4/6

grant permission to conduct the sports event, namely, kabadi tournament by imposing appropriate conditions and time period.

8. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. 19.02.2025 Index :

Yes / No sm Note: Issue order copy on 21.02.2025.

TO:-

1. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Junction, Tirunelveli City.

2. The Inspector of Police, Pettai Police Station, Tirunelveli City.

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P.DHANABAL, J.

sm Order made in W.P.(MD)No.4319 of 2025 Dated:

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