( 1 ) UNDER an order passed on 9-9-1983 under S. 3 (3) of the National Security Act, 1980, for short, the 'act', by the District Magistrate. Gwalior, the petitioner came to be detained with the object of preventing him from indulging in activities prejudicial to public order. It appears from Annexure-R/3 that he was taken into custody on 11-9-1987 and has since suffered detention under the Act after he was heard by the Advisory Board and his detention was confirmed for a period of twelve months as per orders Annexures R/8 and R/9.

( 2 ) THOUGH counsel has pressed several contentions to contest the validity of the detention order as also the continued detention of the petitioner in violation of constitutional and statutory injunction, we propose to deal only with such of his contentions as we have found substantial and unanswerable. Our attention is drawn by Shri Madhukar Rao, appearing for the petitioner as State Defence, appointed by us, to the "grounds" Annexure-R/4 (A) in pressing the threefold contention with sufficient force, conviction and merit. Indeed, all the three "grounds" providing basis for the detention order speak of incidents which occurred on the sa