Iyyappan v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 20.04.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.3147/2014 Iyyappan ..

Petitioner vs.

1.The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai, Vepery, chennai 600 007.

..Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent dated 31.10.2014 in BDFGISSV No.1664/2014 against the petitioner's son the detenu herein, now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai and to set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu Thiru Naresh @ Narendran son of Iyyappan, aged about 23 years, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner .. Mr.T.V.Somasundaram For RR 1 & 2 .. Mr.M.Maharaja, APP

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN, J.) The petitioner, who is father of the detenu herein, viz., Naresh @ Narendran, aged about 23 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 31.10.2014 against his son branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Piracy Act 1982 [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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the son of the petitioner herein dated 31.10.2014 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.7182, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XIII] Department dated 22.12.2014 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 (CO) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar AP To 1.The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department Fort St George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai, Vepery, chennai 600 007.

3.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Madras. 4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

5. The Joint Secretary to Government Public (Law and order) Fort St. George, Chennai-9 H.C.P.No.3147/2014 VD (CO) kk 28/4 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/