Venkatarama Ayyar, J.-The petitioner was employed as a wireman in the Marina Department of the South Indian Railway company. On nth March, 1950, he was served with a notice, dated 27th February, 1950, issued by the respondent under the Railway Services (Safeguarding of National Security) Rules, 1949. The contents of that notice so far as they are material for purposes of this petition are as follows:

“Whereas in the opinion of the ‘competent authority’ as defined in rule 2 of the Railway Services (Safeguarding of National Security) Rules, 1949, who in your case is the Chief Mechanical Engineer, South Indian Railway, Golden Rock, there are reasonable grounds (which are given below) for believing that you are engaged in subversive activities and that consequently you are liable to have your services terminated under rule 3 of the said rules.

You are hereby required to state within 14 days of the receipt of this notice whether you accept or deny the accuracy of the above allegation. If you do not reply within that period, it will be assumed that you admit the allegation.

In either case, you may, within the same period, submit any representation you wish to make as to why your services sh

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