1. Learned Government Advocate is directed to take notice for respondents.

2. The petitioner is an association registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. The case of the petitioner-Association is that it is engaged in conducting sports and other cultural activities such as chess, carom, pool game, dart game, table tennis, billiards/snooker, six colour game, video game, joker bonus, cards club etc. and other indoor games for the benefit of its members. It is the case of the petitioner that the respondents are insisting that the petitioner should obtain licence either under the Karnataka Police Act, 1963 or under the provisions of Licensing and Controlling of Places of Public Amusement (Bangalore City) Order, 2002.

3. Identical questions have been considered by this Court in Writ Petition No. 18625 of 2005, disposed of on 27-1-2006 holding that permission under the Police Act is not required to run a Society or a Recreation Club of the present nature and the petitioner need not obtain any licence to run the recreation activities for the benefit of its members. Accordingly, the following order is made:

4. The respondents shall not insist that the peti