Oral Judgment: (A.S. Oka, J.)

1. By this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner has taken an exception to the order of preventive detention passed under Section 3 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons and Video Pirates Act, 1981 ( for short “the said Act of 1981”). The Petitioner is the mother of the detenu. The first ground canvassed by the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner who is the mother of the detenu is that there is a gross delay on the part of the State Government in deciding the representation made against the order of preventive detention. The learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner is relying upon three different representations. The first representation is a common representation made by the detenu to the Chairman of the Advisory Board and to the State Government. The second representation made by the Petitioner was in the form of a letter dated 19th December 2014 received through the Superintendent of Nashik Road Central Prison where he has been detained. The learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner is relying upon a third representation whic

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