Govindaraj v. State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 26.07.2021 Coram The Honourable Mr. Justice P.N.PRAKASH and The Honourable Mr. Justice R.PONGIAPPAN H.C.P.No.242 of 2021 Govindaraj ... Petitioner Vs.
1.State of Tamil Nadu represented by The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The District Collector/District Magistrate, District Collector Office, Ranipet District, Ranipet.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet District, Ranipet.
4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Central Prison, Vellore District.
5.The Inspector of Police, Arakonam Town Police Station, Vellore District.
... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records relating to the petitioner's son detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order dated 07.01.2021 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings Memo B3/D.O.No.02/2021, quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's son viz., Omprakash, son of Govindaraj, aged about 29 years, now confined at the Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
For Petitioner : Mr.R.Vivekananthan For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj, Govt.Advocate (Crl.Side)
ORDER
[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in B3/D.O.No.02/2021 dated 07.01.2021, detaining his son as "Goonda" under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.1014, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 27.02.2021 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar nsd To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.
2.The District Collector/District Magistrate, District Collector Office, Ranipet District, Ranipet.
3.The Superintendent of Police, Ranipet District, Ranipet.
4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Central Prison, Vellore District.
5.The Inspector of Police, Arakonam Town Police Station, Vellore District.
6.The Joint Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public, Law and Order Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.
7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
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