( 1 ) THIS is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the 2nd respondent, dated 7th February, 1955.

( 2 ) THE petitioner was appointed as a clerk in the Office of the District Registrar, anantapur, in or about March, 1947. In October, 1953, the Supreintendent of police, Special Branch, C. I. D. , gave information to the District Registrar, Anantapur, that the petitioner was participating in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak sangh and that he attended the R. S. S. Training Camp at Vijayawada from 2nd may, 1953 to 2nd June, 1953. Thereupon, the District Registrar issued to the petitioner a notice, dated 19th November, 1953, wherein he stated that he has reasonable grounds for believing that the petitioner attended the R. S. S. Training Camp organised by the Provincial Ra htriya Swayam Sevak Sangh at Vijayawada from 2nd may, 1953 to 2nd June, 1953 and also associated with others in subversive activities in such manner as ,to raise doubts about his reliability and that consequently he was liable to be compulsorily retired. The petitioner was given 14 days time from the date of the re