1. The petitioner is Trust Association of Church of South India and in this writ petition, it is represented by its power of attorneys, namely, Dr. B. Vimal Sukumar and Sri Mantri Solamon Raj. The sixth respondent namely, St. Thomas (S.P.G.) Tamil Church Society (for short ‘the Church’), submitted an application to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the first respondent herein, with a request to grant permission for construction in the form of extension of existing Church with cellar, ground and mezzanine floors on the premises bearing No.7-1-4, near Secunderabad Railway Station. On a consideration of the application, the first respondent accorded permission on 19.06.2006.The petitioner challenges the said permission as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act (for short ‘the Act’) and the building byelaws made thereunder.

2. Briefly stated, the facts pleaded by the petitioner are that the society for propagation of Gospal (SPG) was incorporated under the Royal Charter of His Majesty King William III of England on 16.06.1701 and that under the auspices of that society, a Church was built at Secunderabad