( 1 ) THE petitioner. Pater Samuel Wallace, an Indian Citizen, by this petition seeks removal of his name from the surveillance register maintained by the Delhi Police. According to him, the orders of his surveillance and opening of history sheet against him by the Delhi Police pursuant to the provisions of the Punjab Police Rules as applicable to Delhi, constitute an infraction of his fundamental right guaranteed to him under Articles 19 (l) (a), 19 (l) (d) and 21 of the Constitution of India. The impugned orders passed in the year 1964 are also challenged on the ground that those were made Mala fide and were based on no meterial.

( 2 ) THE petitioner claims to be a respectable person. He states that he is the General Manager of M/s. Watson Manufacturing Co. (India), New Delhi, a firm carrying on export business. According to him, he is also the Regional Manager in India of two American Companies. His case is that he is a social worker of repute being president of two organisations, namely, (1) All India Council of Indian Christians and (2) Indian Christian Association, Delhi

( 3 ) HIS allegations in the writ petition are that in the year 1975 he was detained under