GULAB C. GUPTA, J.

The petitioner claims to be the General Manager of Dinakaran, a Tamil daily newspaper published from Madras and has preferred this writ petition challenging the validity of the detention of Mr. A. Muthupapdian (petitioner in W.P. 8529/94), News Editor of the said daily by the respondents 1 and 2 on an alleged breach of privilege of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (hereinafter referred to as the Assembly). It appeals that a portion of the proceedings of the Assembly dt. 8-2-1993 were ordered to be expunged by the first respondent exercising his authority under Rule 281 of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Rules framed under Art. 208(1) of the Constitution of India. The daily Dinakaran, however, in its edition dated 9-2-1993 published the entire proceedings including the portion ordered to be expunged by the first respondent. On the aforesaid record two Members of the Assembly raised the question of privilege on 9-2-1993 itself. Thereafter the third respondent issued a letter to the Editor of the said daily on 9-2-1993 requiring him to send his explanation to the aforesaid publication which amounted to breach of privilege, by 20-3-1993. The petitio