Fixing the limit to 10,000, the court had earlier directed the DDCA to put online 30,000 tickets of all denominations for sale.
The Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) was Monday restrained by the Delhi High Court from distributing more than 10,000 complimentary passes during forthcoming cricket matches at Feroz Shah Kotla ground.
A division bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and S P Garg restrained the DDCA from giving away more than 10,000 passes, setting aside a single judge's order of October 13, permitting distribution of 15,000 complimentary passes for India-West Indies test matches during November 6-10, 2011.
Clarifying a February order of the single judge's bench which limited the number of passes for distribution to 10,000, the court said the February order was not limited to the World Cup alone and was for other matches as well.
The court made the clarification while adjudicating a plea by one Gurpreet Singh and directed the DDCA to comply with the February 2011 order till final disposal of Singh's plea.
In his plea, Singh had sought the court to restrain the DDCA from printing, publishing and distributing complimentary passes for today's ODI match between India and England as well as other matches.
The petitioner alleged ignoring the February 2011 order limiting the passes to only 10,000, the single judge had in a recent order allowed the DDCA to distribute up to 15,000 passes.
Fixing the limit to 10,000, the court had earlier directed the DDCA to put online 30,000 tickets of all denominations for sale, 5,000 tickets to be given to banks for sale and the balance would be available for sale at the stadium's different gates.
The court's February order had come on a civil suit by Jai Karan Singh, one of the oldest members of the DDCA, accusing the sports body's executive committee of adopting "arbitrary ways" in issuing complimentary tickets and seeking a ceiling on it.
The executive committee, however, had denied issuing free passes and said it was only in response to certain firm commitments.
The committee had defended free tickets to government and civic agencies officials saying they had to be 'rewarded' in some way for their cooperation in holding matches and that included certain officials of Delhi government, MCD, traffic police and fire departments.
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