GUPTA, J.—These twenty five writ petitions, the particulars of which are given in the schedule annexed to this order, have been filed in this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of Indis for writs of habeas corpus or for any other appropriate writ, order or direction for the release of the detenues, who have been detained under the provisions of Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as MISA). Some of these petitions have been filed by the detenues themselves while some others have been filed by the near relatives of the respective detenues. The petitioners have challenged the detention and continuance of detention of the detenues on various grounds.

2. When these petitions were set down for hearing before us, at the outset, learned Additional Advocate General, appearing for the State of Rajasthan and Mr. S. K. Mal Lodha, appearing for the Union of India, raised preliminary objections to the maintainability of these writ petitions and to the jurisdiction of this Court to hear and decide them. As the preliminary objections raised on behalf of the respondents in respect of all these writ petitions are identical and as common arguments have been adv

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