VEERASWAMI, J. :- This is a petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution and S. 491, Cri. P.C., for a writ in the nature of Habeus Corpus directing release of the petitioner from detention. He was apprehended at about midnight on 16-2-1965 at his residence at Madras by the first respondent, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Intelligence), Madras, and has been taken to Palayamcottai and detained at the Borstal School there from the morning of the 18th. At 9 a.m. on that day, he was served with the order of detention made under R. 30(1)(b) of the Defence of India Rules, 1962. He is a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly and Deputy Leader of the Opposition. He is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and is said to be the treasurer and leading member of the working committee of the party. He alleges in his affidavit that he was a signatory to a resolution passed on 8-1-1965 by the working committee of his party to treat 26-1-1965 as a day of mourning, because Hindi as the official language would come into operation on that day and the use of the English language would become permissive or optional and that the party' s programme was to hold meetings, condemn the impos