Vijayalakshmi v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 23.12.2020 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.KRISHNAKUMAR H.C.P. No. 1222 of 2020 Vijayalakshmi ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate of Vellore District, Vellore - 9.

3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison,Vellore.

4. The Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Vellore.

5. The Inspector of Police, Vellore Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Vellore.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records relating to the impugned order C3/D.O.No.62/2020 dated 26.06.2020 on file of the 2nd respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondent to produce the detenu namely Paranthaman, son of Chinnappa, Hindu aged about 42 years, now confined at Central Prison, Vellore before this Court set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.G.Vinodhkumar For Respondents : Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C3/D.O.No.62/2020 dated 26.06.2020, detaining her husband as "Bootlegger" under Section 2(b) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3645 Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 04.09.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the Government Order. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition stands closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mmi/ssm To

1. The Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The District Collector and District Magistrate of Vellore District, Vellore - 9.

3. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law and Order), Fort St.George, Chennai-09.

4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison,Vellore.

5. The Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Vellore.

6. The Inspector of Police, Vellore Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Vellore.

7. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

H.C.P. No.1222 of 2020 CO(AD) BDL/20/01/2021