JUDGMENT :-

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents herein from harassing the petitioner-Club and its members by insisting the petitioner-Club to obtain FL2 License from the State Government for permitting its members to consume liquor brought from outside (purchased from Government approved liquor shops) within the petitioner-Club premises.)

The relief sought for in the present writ petition is to forbear the respondents from harassing the petitioner-Club and its members by insisting the petitioner-Club to obtain FL2 License from the State Government for permitting its members to consume liquor brought from outside (purchased from Government approved liquor shops) within the petitioner-Club premises.

2. The petitioner is the 'Kancheepuram Reading Room and Tennis Club'. The petitioner-Club was registered under the Societies Registration Act and the object of the Club is to promote Club's life and recreational activities among its members by way of providing reading room, indoor games etc. The petitioner-Club is a non-political and non-party organisation.

3. It is contended