This is an application for quashing the proceedings in C.C. No. 395 of 1982 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pondicherry.

2. The facts which led to this petition may briefly be stated. The petitioner is Sri Aurobindo Society which was registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act on the 24th of September, 1960 at Calcutta. The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashramam was designated as the permanent President of the Society. The Mother conceived of the idea of an international township of ‘AUROVILIE’ to be located at the outskirts of Pondicherry. The international township was intended to be a self-contained unit and to demonstrate a new way of life guided by higher consciousness by bringing together peoples of different countries. The Mother approved of establishment of an Indian Pavilion named ‘Bharat Nivas’, in the meeting of Administrative Committee of the Society on the 14th of June, 1970. The said Bharat Nivas was to contain an auditorium, a restaurant and State Government Pavilions. The petitioner society received a sum of Rs. 75.05 lakhs from the Central Government and State Government towards the construction of the pavilions between the period 1