Judgment

L. M. SHARMA, J. :- K. Madhava Rao, husband of the petitioner, has been detained under S.3 of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980. The petitioner filed an application under Art. 226 of the Constitution before the Andhra Pradesh High Court for a writ of habeas corpus which was dismissed on 18-7-1987. The Special Leave Petition is directed against the said order. The petitioner has also challenged the detention order by the application under Art. 32 of the Constitution before this Court in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 529 of 1987.

2. The grounds served on the detenu for making the detention order dt. 15-5-1987 alleged that he (the detenu Madhava Rao) undertakes contract works of various types under South Central Railway (SCR) and indulged in clandestine business of diversion of levy cement meant for use in the Masonry Ballast Wall along with the railway track on the suburban section between Kachiguda and Falaknuma Railway Stations, and thus acted in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of supplies of cement, an essential commodity. The facts mentioned are that on receipt of an information on 18-12-1986 that levy ce