James Foong JCA:

INTRODUCTION

[1]The appellants, on their own, and on behalf of the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (‘MTA’), applied under O 53 r 3(2)of the Rules of High Court 1980(‘the RHC’) for:

1leave to apply for an order of certiorari to:

(a)remove a ‘show cause order’ dated 15 April 2005 issued by the respondent and,

(b)quash the order issued by the respondent on 6 May 2005 revoking the registration of MTA;

2for an interim order staying all ‘proceedings under O 53 r 3(5)Rules of the High Court 1980’;and

3the costs of this application be costs in the cause.

[2]Though O 53 r 3(2)of the RHCrequires this application to be made ex partes, I noticed, from the notes of proceedings, that it was instead heard inter partes, with Ms Mary Lim, Senior Federal Counsel, representing and arguing for and on behalf of the respondents”.

BACKGROUND

[3]The facts of this case are as follow: The appellants are the President, Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurers respectively of MTA. MTA is the only taekwondo association (out of three in this country) recognized by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (‘OCM’) to represent the sport of taekwondo in this country. The constitution of MTA provides for voting rig