Anjali Devi v. Governbment Of Tamil Nadu, Rep.By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 29.01.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM H.C.P. No.1417 of 2020 Anjali Devi .. Petitioner /Wife of the Detenue Vs.

1.Government of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Tiruvannamalai District.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore.

3.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

5.The Inspector of Police, Thanipadi Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records relating in detention order D.No.71/2020 - C2 dated 22.07.2020 on the file of the 2nd respondent and quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body of the detenue Vasudevan, male, aged 49 years, S/o.Ellapa Gounder, now confined in Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Silambuselvan For Respondents :

Mr.R.Prathap Kumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in D.No.71/2020 - C2 dated 22.07.2020, detaining her husband as "Sand Offender" under Section 2(gg) 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 The learned Additional Public Prosecutor reports that the order of detention passed against the detenu has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.3661, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 04.09.2020 and he has also produced a copy of the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 (CS.II) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Tiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

3. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Department, Fort St.George, Chennai -9.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison,Vellore.

5.The Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

6.The Inspector of Police, Thanipadi Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District.

7.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. AKM/18.2.21 /2P-8C/ H.C.P. No.1417 of 2020 29.01.2021 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/