G.Suseela v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.06.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI G.Suseela ... Petitioner/Mother of the detenu -vs1.The Government of Tamil Nadu represented by its Additional Chief Secretary, (Home), Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Thanjavur Taluk Police Station, Thanjavur District.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus, calling for the entire records relating to the Detention Order passed by the second respondent in Detention Order dated 05.02.2021 in P.D.No.10 of 2021 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the person or body of the detenu namely Senthurvelavan, son of Govindaraj, aged about 25 years, before this Court and set him at liberty, now detained at Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli. For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Mathiyalagan For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi Standing counsel for Government 1/3

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] This habeas corpus petition has been filed by the mother of the detenu, namely, Senthurvelavan, son of Govindaraj, aged about 25 years, challenging the detention order in P.D.No.10 of 2021, dated 05.02.2021, passed by the second respondent, branding him as "Drug Offender" as contemplated under Section 3(1) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing counsel appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.1731, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 15.04.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the above submission, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

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

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

3.The Inspector of Police, Thanjavur Taluk Police Station, Thanjavur District.

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirapalli.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law and Order), Fort.St.George, Chennai-9.

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

ORDER MADE IN 21.06.2021 KM(29.06.2021) 3P 7C 3/3