V.K.Jhanji, J.

1. The present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner, who is an Assistant in the office of Sub Divisional Education Officer, Naraingarh, Ambala, for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to remove/delete the name of the petitioner from Police Surveillance Register No. X kept in Police Station, Ambala City and quash/close the history-sheet of the petitioner opened under the Punjab Police Rules, 1934 .

2. According to the petitioner, he is a social worker and remained General Secretary of Haryana Swarankar Sangh from 1984 to 1988 and also remained as General Secretary of Ambala City Swarankar Sangh. According to him, he is now the President of Ministerial Staff/Association (Education Department), Distt. Ambala as also the President of Clerical Manch of all ministerial staff working in District Ambala, belonging to different departments of the Haryana Government, besides being the General Secretary of Jan Kalyan Samiti, District Ambala. Petitioner has been voicing public grievances against the police and had reported many cases of extortion/bribery etc. In the petition, he