JUDGMENT - S.P. BHARUCHA, J.:---This petition concerns the August Kranti Maidan in Bombay. It is one of the city's playground, so designated in the existing and proposed Development Plans.

2. Until 1981 the August Kranti Maidan (now called "the said maidan") was by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay (the 1st respondent) to be used every year for a fair. The residents of buildings surrounding the said maidan complained. They were assured by the Corporation that it would not be permitted to be so used any more. In September 1985 the Maharashtra Rural Games Association (the 4th respondent) was permitted by the Corporation to hold what it termed a sports festival on the said maidan. It was noted from the advertisement that the Association issued that it was likely to be more in the nature of a commercial exhibition. Upon protests, the permission given to the Association was revoked by the Corporation. The Association filed a writ petition in this Court (being O.O.C.J. Writ Petition No. 2093 of 1985) challenging the revocation on the ground that no hearing had been given to it. A stay order was obtained but, in October 1985, the permission given to the Association lapsed. Sin

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