G.S. Patel, J.

1. Rule, returnable forthwith. Mr. Saste, Learned AGP, waives service on behalf of the Respondents. By consent, taken up for hearing and final disposal.

2. The Petitioner in Writ Petition No.399 of 2013 is the first of the four Petitioners in Writ Petition 459 of 2013. The facts are common to both petitions, as are the orders under challenge; hence, both Petitions were heard together and are disposed of by this common judgment.

3. These Petitions are directed against the Appellate Order dated 30th November 2012 passed by the Secretary–Special, Home Department, Government of Maharashtra (the 3rd Respondent in Writ Petition No.459 of 2012) in Appeal No. EXT-2012/110/SPL-3(B). That appellate order confirms an Externment Order No. 22-LCB/Externment/276/2012 dated 6th February 2012 passed by the Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur (the 1st Respondent in Writ Petition 399 of 2013 and the 2nd Respondent in Writ Petition 459 of 2013), by which the Petitioners in both matters were ordered to be externed from Kolhapur District for two years.

4. On the basis of a previous externment petition from the Police Officer of the Jaysingpur Division and an enquiry report from t