( 1 ) VIKRAMSINH Pravinsinh Rana is the petitioner in Special Criminal Application No. 282 of 1988 while Dilipsinh Pravinsinh Rana is the petitioner in Special Criminal Application No. 283 of 1988. They have been detained by two different orders passed by the District Magistrate Rajkot under sub-sec. (1) of Sec. 3 of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act 1985 (hereinafter to be referred to as the PASA Act) dated 8-2-1988 on the ground that they are dangerous persons and their activities are prejudicial to the maintenance of the public order. These orders of detention as well as the continued detention of these two petitioners have been challenged by filling these two petitions raising several grounds of challenge. As one of the grounds of challenge which is common in both petitions has appealed to us these two petitions are heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

( 2 ) AS we are inclined to allow these two petitions only on one ground which we shall discuss hereinafter we do not propose to go into the other grounds of challenge raised in the memos of both these petitions.

( 3 ) THE petitioners have contended that they have bee