Padma v. The Secretary To The

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 22.06.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.225 of 2015 Padma ... Petitioner -v1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Chennai.

... Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 31.12.2014 in BCDFGISSSV No.2313/2014 against the son of the petitioner, detenu Suresh, M/A.37, S/o.Madhavan, who is confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai and to set aside the same and consequently to direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and to set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.K.S.Kaviarasu For Respondents :

Mr.M.Maharaja Addl. Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the mother of the detenu Suresh, S/o.Madhavan, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in BCDFGISSSV No.2313/2014 dated 31.12.2014 passed by the second respondent against her son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, 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that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner dated 31.12.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.1733, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

dated 09.03.2015 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/- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub Assistant Registrar vga To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Chennai Police, Chennai.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. 4.The Joint Secretary to Government Public (Law & Order) Fort St.George,Chennai-9 5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.

H.C.P. No.225 of 2015 vsn(co) pmk.2.7.2015 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/