JUDGMENT

R.V.RAVEENDRAN, J.

Leave granted. Nahar Singh Stadium at Faridabad is stated to be situated in a land measuring about 38 acres belonging to Faridabad Municipal Corporation. The stadium was constructed and was maintained by the District Administration through the District Sports Council. It consisted of a Cricket Stadium with North and South Pavilions, a football ground, a basket ball ground and an athletics ground and large vacant grounds. The cricket stadium has been the venue for some occasional Ranji Trophy matches, Dileep Trophy and Irani Trophy matches and occasional One Day Internationals (ODIs.).

2. It is stated that the District Sports Council and the District Cricket Association which occasionally used the Cricket Stadium, found it difficult to maintain the stadium complex on account of the infrequent use of the stadium facilities and frequent vandalism by miscreants and anti social elements. As a result the dressing rooms and toilets required frequent renovation before every match. Electric fixtures and sanitary fittings which were being frequently stolen had to be replaced repeatedly.

3. In this background, the District Cricket Association (`DCA' for short) on 31.