By consent all the writ petitions are taken up for final disposal.

2. Since the issue involved in these writ petitions is one and the same namely to participate and represent India in the 2015 Bermuda Bowl Bridge Championship' due to be held in Chennai from 26.09.2015 to 10.10.2015, all these writ petitions are disposed of by this common order. W.P.No.2559 of 2011

3.1. The petitioner was an Indian citizen and became a naturalized citizen of United States of America (U.S.A.) in the year 1996. However, the petitioner claims that still he is having roots in India and visit India regularly and also registered himself as an Overseas Citizen of India [in short 'OCI'] in terms of Section 7-A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 since February, 2006 and by virtue of the same, he is entitled to certain legal rights conferred by the Government of India including treatment on parity with Non-Resident Indians in certain fields. The petitioner would state that the first respondent, namely Bridge Federation of India [hereinafter referred to as 'BFI'] is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 having its presidential seat in Chennai and its primary object is to promote and dev