JUDGMENT :

Vipin Chandra Dixit, J.

1. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners challenging the order dated 30.9.2020 passed by District Magistrate, Hapur in Case No. 796 of 2019 by which externment order has been passed under Section 3/4 of Uttar Pradesh Control of Goondas Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as 'Act') against the petitioner no. 1 and the order dated 30.9.2020 passed by District Magistrate, Hapur in Case No. 795 of 2019 by which externment order has been passed against petitioner no. 2 as well as order dated 21.10.2020 passed by Commissioner, Meerut Division, Meerut in Case No. 938 of 2020 by which appeal filed by petitioner no. 1 was rejected and order dated 21.10.2020 passed by Commissioner, Meerut Division, Meerut in Case No. 939 of 2020 by which appeal preferred by petitioner no. 2 was rejected.

2. The brief facts of the case are that District Magistrate, Hapur had issued notices dated 16.10.2019 under Section 3/4 of the Act to the petitioner no. 1 in Case No. 796 of 2019 and to the petitioner no. 2 in Case No. 795 of 2019, calling upon them to submit their reply as to why the externment order have not been passed against them. The District Magist