Raja Vijayaraghavan, J. This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner challenging Ext. P2 order of externment, passed by the 2nd respondent as per which his movements have been restricted and he has been interdicted from entering into Thrissur Revenue District for a period of six months by categorizing him as a ‘known rowdy’. Though the said order was challenged before the Advisory Board under Section 15 (2) of the Kerala Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 , (‘KAAPA’ for brevity), the Board has modified the order and limited its duration to three months, by Ext. P4 order.

2.For passing the order of externment, the authorities reckoned four cases in which the detenu got himself involved. The details of the notified cases are as follows: