Kuppuswami Ayyar, J.

1. This is a petition to revise the order of the Additional District Magistrate of Salem dismissing the petitioners petition No. 47 of 1942, to revise the order of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Dharmapuri passed on an inquiry held by him on a reference from the Assistant Superintendent of Police of Hosur. The petitioner sent a telegram to the Assistant Superintendent of Police of Hosur com-pjfiining that his brother and himself were tortured by the Pennagaram police. The Assistant Superintendent forwarded the telegram to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Dharmapuri as required by Police Order No. 157 for inquiry. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate conducted the inquiry, held that the allegations were not proved and ordered that no action be taken. It was to revise this order that the petition was filed before the Additional District Magistrate. The Additional District Magistrate held that the inquiry by the Magistrate under Police Order 157 was only a departmental one, that no revision lay against an order relating to. such inquiry and dismissed the petition.?

2. The only question for consideration is whether the Magistrate was justified in finding that no revi