Purushothaman v. The District Collector And

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 10.08.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN H.C.P. No.1111 of 2015 Purushothaman ... Petitioner -v1.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.

2.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

... Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records relating to the order of detention C3./D.O./10/2015 dated 01/04/2015 passed by the 1st respondent and to quash the same and also to direct the detenue RAMACHANDRAN S/O VENKATACHALAM who is presently detained in the Central Prison CUDDALORE DISTRICT to be produced before this Hon'ble court and set at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.A.Arasu Ganesan For Respondents :

Mr.M.Maharaja Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the brother of the detenu Ramachandran, male, aged 45 years, son of Venkatachalam, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in C3/D.O./10/2015 dated 01.04.2015 passed by the first respondent against his brother branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Offenders, "Bootlegger", Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982]. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the first respondent as against the brother of the petitioner dated 01.04.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3172, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 11.05.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.

Sd/- Asst.Registrar(J) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar cse To 1.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.

2.The Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Cuddalore.

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