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Sin ultaneously, each one of the Petitioner was served the grounds on which the detention had been made. The grounds furnished to the Petitioner arc the same in every case and they are 22 in number. On a perusal of these grounds which are imprecisely and in artistically worded the District Magistrate appears to convey to the detenues that they were Naxalites who, in association with other Naxalites, both above ground and under ground, and in collaboration with those from beyond the limits of the State were indulging in the following activities.
2 On 12-6-69 Naxalites Gannath Patra, Dina Bandhu Samal, B. Sundar Rao, D.B. Patnaik and Others while being in Gunupur Sub Jail instigated the other U.T. Ps to disobey the Jail rules and to demand various inadmissible facilities from the authorities. They also organised secret meetings inside the Jail premises in order to start agitation against the Govt. by resorting to hunger strikes etc. (Signal No. 674/dt. 12-6-69 from Superintendent Sub Jail Gunupur.
3. On 9-6-69 the Naxalites demanded separate cooking mess inside the Jail premises in Gunupur thereby caused annoyance and disturbances to other UTPs (Supdt. Order Book dt. 9-6-69 of Gunupur Sub Jail).
9. He and his associates shouted slogans like Naxalite Zindabad. "Long Live Revolution". Mao Tse Tung Zindabab," before and after entering the court hall at the time of their production and thereby created sensation in the minds of public. They also shouted similar slogans while being taken from and to the Jail during their trial.
14. There is a talk in Ravagada and Chiandili area that the Naxalites in Gunupur conspiracy case, have sent intimation to their supporters and followers to remain prepared for carrying out the armed struggle as they are likely to be acquitted in this case. They have also sent information to chart out the names of targets for annihilation work.

(Ravagada P.S.S.D.E. No. 272 dt : 15-4-71 and Chandili O.P.S.D.E.No. 250 dated 15-4-1971.

13. Ground No. 2 mentions the names of certain Naxalites and it is stated that petitioner No. 1 is one of them. These Naxalites, it is alleged, instigated the other under-trial prisoners in Gunupur Sub Jail to disobey the Jail rules and demand various facilities from the authorities. It is also alleged that they organised several meetings inside the Jail premises with a view to start agitation against the Government by resorting to hunger strikes. It must be said that this ground is both vague and irrelevant. It is not clear which were the Jail rules the disobedience of which was instigated and what were the inadmissible demands. Grounds must be clear and definite, the object of furnishing grounds being to enable the detenue to make an effective representation. It is impossible, to say that on the ground as furnished to the detenues it was possible for the detenues to make an of active representation, secondly, the ground itself has no relevance to the maintenance of public order. Assuming petitioner No. 1 incites some under trial prisoners to disobey certain jail rules with a view to obtain better facilities for themselves and the under trial prisoners they could hardly prejudice the maintenance of public order as already defined. Nor could it be said that an agitation within the said premises by resorting to hunger strikes would lead to public disorder. Then again it must be noted that although this ground may apply to petitioner No 1, it does not apply to the other petitioners and Still it is made one of the grounds of detention in their cases. It must be therefore, held that this particular ground is both vague and irrelevant.