The Registrar General, v. The Chief Secretary To

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 23.07.2015

CORAM

The Hon'ble MR.SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE AND The Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE T.S.SIVAGNANAM W.P.No.17511 of 2009 (Taken up PIL) The Registrar General High Court of Madras, Madras.

.. Petitioner -vs1.The Chief Secretary to Govt.

of Tamil Nadu, 2.The Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Home (Police) Dept., 3.The Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Social Welfare Dept., 4.The Director General of Police, Chennai.

5.Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Region, Tirunelveli.

.. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus to direct respondents 1 to 4 to evolve a proper mechanism to stream line the functioning of child care homes in Tamil Nadu and to issue guidelines to curb running of unrecognised Children Home, in view of the intensity of the problem of child trafficking in Tamil Nadu.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Suresh Kumar For Respondent : Mr.S.T.S.Moorthy Govt. Pleader * * * * *

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble Chief Justice) This was a suo motu proceeding. But, we notice now the identity of the subject matter with the subsequent writ petition being W.P.No.21267 of 2014. We had called for the current status report to be filed in terms of order dated 01.07.2015, which has not been filed. We are now informed by the petitioner in W.P.No.21267 of 2014 that the current position has already been stated in the counter-affidavit filed in the said writ petition, for which he has also filed a rejoinder.

2.We are, thus, of the view that the controversy may be examined in W.P.No.21267 of 2014 and the present writ petition be disposed of with a direction that the file be retained along with W.P.No.21267 of 2014. A copy of the current position as reflected in the counter-affidavit as well as in the rejoinder filed in W.P.No.21267 of 2014 be handed over to the learned counsel for the petitioner in this writ petition.

3.Writ Petition, thus, stands disposed of. No costs. -s/d- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar sra To 1.The Registrar General High Court, Madras-104 2.The Chief Secretary to Govt.

of Tamil Nadu,

3.The Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Home (Police) Dept., 4.The Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Social Welfare Dept., 5.The Director General of Police, Chennai.

6.Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Region, Tirunelveli.

+1 cc to Government pleader High Court Madras-104 sr.37611/2015 W.P.No.17511 of 2009 aa06/08/2015