MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) PETITIONER is one Smt. K. Manjula, wife of Kalakonda Buchaiah, She approached this Court under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a prerogative writ of Habeas Corpus directing the production of her husband Sri Kalakonda Buchaiah, S/o Chandrasekharaiah of Mandanpuram village, Kothakota Mandal, Mahaboobnagar district from Musheerabad jail, Secunderabad. A further direction is also sought to release her husband and set him at liberty forthwith by declaring the order of the detention dated 8-8-1997 made in Ref. No. D2/4971/97 by the second respondent as confirmed in Memo No. 915/l and O-II/97-12 and G. O. Rt. No. 5213, dated 24-9-1997 and 25-9-1997 respectively by the first respondent as illegal, void and violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Art. 22 of the Constitution of India.

( 2 ) FEW facts which have culminated in filing this writ petition are as under : According to the petitioner, her husband was doing business in wholesale kerosene in House No. 3-25/1, Madanapuram of Kothakota Mandal, vide licence No. 23/wnp/81 in the name of M/s. Venkateswara Petroleum Agency and is authorised to distribute the subsidised kerosene oil in var

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