Daman Hospitality Private Limited, a subsidiary of listed gaming company Delta Corp Limited, has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court today seeking a direction from the court to the union territory administration to grant a casino license to the company under Section 13A of theš ŗ Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976 (as applicable to the union territory of Daman and Diu).
As per a šregulatory filiš¦ng to the stock exchanges, Delta Corp has stated that its company Daman Hospitality has named the Union Territory Administration of Daman and Diu; Administrator of Daman and Diu and Director of Tourism of the Union Territory Administration respondents to its petition.
The company has not provided any further details on thąµ²e averments made in the petition or date oź¦æn which the plea is likely to be listed before the court.
In 2014, Delta Corpās subsidiary had started a five-staź¦r resort named āThe Deltinā in Daman and had planned to start electronic amusement/slot machine games at its resort.ā However, since the company has not received any license or regulatory approval from the union territory administration for the past four and a half years, it has decided to approach the High Court seeking a direction in the matter.
Delta Corp is Indiaās only listed gaming company that operates three offshore and one onshore casino in Goa; two hotels in Goa; one resort in Daman and a casino in Sikkim. In 2016, the company also acquired Adda52, an online skill gaming portal.