JUDGMENT :

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J.

1. The batch of above 09 writ petitions is being decided by a common judgment as they raise a common point of law.

2. The brief facts of the respective cases are extracted as under:

CWP No. 22223 of 2023: Sadha Ram @ Bhajna Ram Vs. State of Haryana & Ors.

3. The petitioner has sought quashing of the order dated 11.08.2023 passed by respondent No. 2 vide which the respondent-State had passed an order of preventive detention against the petitioner under the provisions of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1988’), on the ground that the petitioner is involved in six other cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act, 1985), which is tabulated as under: