Judgment

Chandrasekhara Aiyar J. (On behalf of himself, Fazl Ali and B. K. Mukherjea JJ.) - The earlier of the two petitions has been filed by one Ujagar Singh, under Art. 32 of the Constitution of India, for a writ of habeas corpus and for an order of release from detention. The letter petition is a similar one by one Jagjit Singh. in both the petitions, the respondent is the State of Punjab. The orders of detention were made under the Preventive Detention Act 4 of 1950. The petitions are not connected with each other, except that they raise the same grounds.

2. In petition No. 149 of 1950, Ujagar Singh was originally arrested and detained under the East Punjab Safety Act on 29-9-1948. He was released on 28-3-1949, but on the same date, there was an internment order against him. On 29-9-1949, he was rearrested. On 2-3-1950, an order of detention under the Preventive Detention Act, 1950, was served on him, and on 3-4-1950, he was served with the grounds of detention dated 11-3-1950. Both in September 1949 and in March 1950, the ground alleged was "You tried to create public disorder amongst tenants in Una Tehsil by circulating and distributing objectionable literature issued by under