Siranjeevi v. State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 28.09.2020 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN H.C.P.No.581 of 2020 Siranjeevi ... Petitioner Vs 1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate of Thirupathur District, Thirupathur.

...Respondents

PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records relating to petitioner's mother detention under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 vide detention order, dated 24.02.2020 on the file of the second respondent herein made in proceedings in C3.D.O.No.07/2020 and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents herein to produce the said petitioner's mother namely Suriya Wife of Murugesan, aged 44 years before this Court and set the petitioner's mother at liberty from detention, now petitioner's mother detained at Special Prison for Women, Vellore. For Petitioner : Mr.C.C.Chellappan.

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". 2.The Petitioner challenges the order of detention in Page numbers https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

C3.D.O.No.07/2020 dated 24.02.2020 detaining his mother 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3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O. Rt.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.1889, Home, Prohibition ane Excise (IX) Department, dated 23.04.2020 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-III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ay To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate of Thirupathur District, Thirupathur.

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

H.C.P.No.581 of 2020 BR(CO) CB(10/11/2020) Page numbers https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/