JUDGMENT

K. Bhaskaran, C.J. - This Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is by one Smt. Kalavathi for the issue of a writ of Habeas Corpus for setting at liberty her husband, Shivasari Gangadhar (hereinafter referred to as 'the detenu') who is undergoing detention pursuant to the order dated 6-6-1986 passed under Section 3 of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, by the second respondent, the District Magistrate (District Collector), Adilabad. The gravemen of the charge against the detenu is that he is the registered owner of lorry bearing No. A.T.J. 3041, and that he had been transporting paddy from Adilabad district in this State to Dharmabad District in Maharashtra State by making use of that lorry, without any permit in that behalf which he amounted to violation of clause 3 of the A.P. Paddy (Restriction on Movement) Order read with Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. In the operative portion of the grounds it is stated as follows;

"You, thus contravened the provisions of (a) Cl. 3 of A.P. Paddy (Restriction on Movement) Order, 1983, (b) Cl. 7 of A.P. Rice Procurement (Levy) Order 1984 r/w. S