Pandiyan v. The Secretary To The Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 04.09.2020 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE V.M.VELUMANI H.C.P.No.441 of 2020 Pandiyan ... Petitioner/Husband of the Detenue Vs 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.District Collector & District Magistrate, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.

... Respondents PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent dated 18.02.2020 in C3/D.O.No.17/2020 against the petitioner wife Manimegalai, Female aged 34 years W/o.Pandiyan, who is confined at Special Prison for Women, Vellore and to set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Court and set her at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Balaji.

For Respondents: Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

(Order of the court was made by N.KIRUBAKARAN.J.,) The matter was heard through "Video Conference". https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

2.The Petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in Memo C3/D.O.No.17/2020 dated 18.02.2020 detaining his wife as "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O. Rt. No.1832, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 21.04.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-IV) //True copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ay To 1.The Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.District Collector & District Magistrate, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore.

3. The Special Prison for Women, Vellore.

4. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law and order) Department, Fort St George, Chennai.

5.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai.

H.C.P.No.441 of 2020 VSN II(CO) GMY(21/09/2020) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/