Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/344/2022closed

Lakshmi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2022-08-23Honourable Mr Justice P. N. Prakash,Honourable Mrs Justice R. Hemalatha4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.08.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE R.HEMALATHA H.C.P.(MD)No.344 of 2022 Lakshmi .. Petitioner Vs.

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District.

.. Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records pertaining to the

impugned detention order passed by the second respondent made in his proceedings in M.H.S.Confdl.No.12/2022 dated 01.02.2022 in detaining the detenu under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Goonda and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely, Marudhupandi, son of Sankaranarayanan, Male, aged about 27 years, who is detained as at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.K.M.Karunakaran For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by R.HEMALATHA, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.12/2022 dated 01.02.2022, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.2995, dated 23.05.2022.

2.Recording the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed. (P.N.P.,J.) (R.H.,J.) 23.08.2022 Index: Yes/No Internet : Yes / No RM To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District.

4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and R.HEMALATHA , J.

RM H.C.P.(MD)No.344 of 2022 23.08.2022