Arun Pandian v. The State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By Its

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 22.06.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE R.PONGIAPPAN H.C.P.No.2503 of 2020 Arun Pandian Petitioner Vs.

The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government Department of Prohibition & Excise (Home) Fort St. George Chennai 600 009 The District Collector & District Magistrate Nagapattinam District Nagapattinam The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent Nagapattinam District Nagapattinam The Inspector of Police Kilvelur Police Station Nagapattinam District The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison for Women Tiruchirappalli Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS to call for the records in C.O.C. No.60/2020 dated 20.11.2020 on the file of the second respondent and set aside the same as illegal and produce the detenue Savithri, wife of Duraisamy, aged about 56 years, who is confined at the Central Prison for Women, Tiruchirappalli, before this Court and set her at liberty. For petitioner : Mr.Ilayaraja Kandasamy For respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Government Advocate (Crl. Side) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.] The petitioner challenges the impugned order of detention in C.O.C.No.60/2020 dated 20.11.2020, detaining his mother as "Bootlegger" under Section 2(b) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) submitted that the order of detention passed against the detenue has been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.243, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 11.01.2021 and he has also produced a copy of the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 gya To The Secretary Department of Prohibition & Excise (Home) Government of Tamil Nadu Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009 The District Collector & District Magistrate Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam The Superintendent of Police O/o.The Superintendent Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam The Inspector of Police Kilvelur Police Station Nagapattinam District The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison for Women, Tiruchirappalli The Public Prosecutor High Court, Madras H.C.P.No.2503 of 2020 KV(CO) CT(19/07/2020) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/