Judgment

B. K. MUKHERJEA, J. : This is an application under Art. 32 of the Constitution, presented by one Gurbachan Singh, praying for a writ, in the nature of mandamus restraining the respondents as well as their subordinates and successors from enforcing an externment order, served on the petitioner under S. 27 (1) of the City of Bombay Police Act (1902).

2. The petitioner is an Indian citizen and is said to be residing with his father at a place called Gogri Niwas . Vincent Road, Dadar, his father having a business in electrical goods in the city of Bombay. On the 23rd July, 1951, the petitioner was served with an order purporting to have been made by the Commissioner of Police, Bombay, under S. 27 (1) of the City of Bombay Police Act. directing him to remove himself from Greater Bombay and go to his native place at Amritsar in East Punjab. It was mentioned in the order that the petitioner was to comply with its directions within two days from the date it was made, and that he was to proceed to Amritsar by rail. On July 25, 1951, the petitioner made an application to the Commissioner of Police and prayed for an extension of the time within which he was to remove himself from Grea