O R D E R:

Challenging the Order dated 14.06.2024 passed by the Ethics Officer and Ombudsman Additional Charge of Hyderabad Cricket Association in Case No. 1 of 2024, present Writ Petition was filed seeking a mandamus to declare the said order as not according to law, illegal and arbitrary.

2. Heard Sri Sharad Sanghi, learned counsel for petitioner, Sri M. Hareesh Kumar, learned counsel for the 1st respondent - Hyderabad Cricket Association and Sri Zeeshan Adnan Mahmood, learned counsel for the 2nd respondent.

3. The 2nd respondent filed counter and petitioner filed a rejoinder to the same. With the consent of all the parties, the Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage.

4. The case of petitioner Association is that their Society was registered in 2006 and is affiliated to Hyderabad Cricket Association. They paid annual fees for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and its Secretary Srinivas Chakravarthy has also been provided with Identity Card to attend SGM in 2011 and AGM in 2014. It is further their case that an OP. bearing S.O.P. No. 587 of 2011 was filed before the Principal District Judge, Nalgonda under Section 23 of the Societies Registration Act by the 2nd r