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HC declines to stay match over ticket sale issue

By Our Correspondent

BANGALORE NOV. 11. Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice H. Billappa, constituting a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court, today admitted a public interest writ petition which urged the court to call for records of a resolution passed by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) on allotment of seat quotas in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, and refer the matter for judicial inquiry by a Judge of the High Court. However, the Judges declined to grant a stay on the match between India and Australia scheduled for Wednesday, and adjourned further hearing of the petition.

The petitioner, N.P. Amrutesh, an advocate from Bangalore, told the court that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the KSCA used to allot 28,000 to 30,000 seats in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, for international cricket matches. However, only 12,000 seats were now being made available for sale to the public. The petitioner said that the KSCA was allotting tickets in bulk to various bodies and multinational companies, and depriving the public of their due share.

The petitioner sought a direction to the respondents to disclose the names of persons who had received 8,000 complimentary passes and direct the cricket authorities to allot 75 per cent of seats to the public.

The Judges directed the Government Advocate to take notice on behalf of the State of Karnataka, Minister for Youth Services, and the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore, and ordered issue of emergent notices to the Union of India, BCCI, and KSCA.

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