PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who was ordered out of the United States

   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who was ordered
out  of  the United States after he pleaded guilty to immigration
charges in 1985, will seek permission  to  return,  his  personal
secretary said Monday.

   Ma  Prem  Hasya,  in  response  to a question submitted by The
Associated Press, said in  a  statement  that  disciples  of  the
Indian  guru would seek to overturn the court ruling ordering his
deportation.

   "As soon as Ronald Reagan and (Attorney General) Ed Meese  are
out of office later this year, we are confident that we can get a
court  to overturn a deportation decision and invite Bhagwan back
to America," Hasya said from Pune, India.

   Since he left the United States in November 1985, Rajneesh has
lived at his ashram in Pune, site of his first commune.

   Hasya said Rajneesh would not  return  to  Oregon,  where  his
now-defunct  desert commune of Rajneeshpuram once was home to the
guru and thousands of followers.  But  Hasya  did  not  say  what
locations would be considered.