JUDGMENT

 The District Magistrate Bulandshahar Uttar Pradesh, by an order dated July 23, 1991, directed that Jagdish s/o Kanchan Singh (the detenu) resident of village Dhamera Kirat District Bulandshahar be detained under the National Security Act, 1980 (the Act). The order was served upon the detenu while in custody in connection with two criminal cases registered against him. The grounds of detention served upon the detenu also stated as under :

"You are hereby informed in accordance with S. 8 of the above Act that you have the right to file a representation to the State Government against the order under which you have been detained. If you want to send any such representation then that should be submitted through the Superintendent of Prisons, Bulandshahar while addressing it to the Home Secretary to the State Government...........You are also informed that if you want to submit any Representation then you may do so before the Central Government against such order under which you have been detained. And if you submit to any such representation then you may submit the representation through the Superintendent of Prisons Bulandshahar while addressing to the Home Ministry (Inter Se