ORDER

1. These writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution reJ ate to functioning of the Intelligence Bureau Employees Association (hereinaffer referred to as "the petitioner Association"), a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The petitioner Association is claimed to be an association of the employees working in the Intelligence Bureau (for short "TB") of the Government of India. It was registered as a society on 23-6-1979. On 3-5-1980 the Joint Director of TB issued a circular memorandum wherein it was stated that the Government has now made it clear that in a security organisation like the TB there is no scope for an employees association and, in this context it was mentioned that attempts were being made to vitiate the generally satisfactory personnel relationship which has existed within the organisation and that communications addressed to senior officers, not excluding the Head of the organisation, were often couched in intemperate language verging on abuse and that this displayed highly indisciplined conduct not befitting members of an organisation like the TB. In the said circular it was, however, stated that the grievances of the e