Arumugaraja @ Raja v. The Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 27.01.2016

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.R.SHIVAKUMAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.S.RAVI H.C.P(MD)No.1530 of 2015 Arumugaraja @ Raja : Petitioner Vs.

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

2.The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range and the Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tiruneveli.

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

: Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records connected with the detention order of the second respondent in No.73/BCDFGISSSV/2015, dated 15.10.2015 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu namely Arumugaraja @ Raja S/o.Azhagumuthu, aged about 28 years, detained in Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.A.Ramar Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

*********** [Order of the Court was made by P.R.SHIVAKUMAR, J.] The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous, as the order of detention challenged herein has been revoked by the Government. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2.Mr.A.Ramar, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, produced a copy of the Government Order containing the revocation order. The

revocation order came to be passed in G.O.Rt.No.7819, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 26.11.2015.

3. As the order of detention has been revoked, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (AS) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar NB To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range and the Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tiruneveli.

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

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

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

+1CC to Mr.R.Alagumani Advocate Sr.No.5611 GJM/PM/MP/5.2.156-2p-7C ORDER MADE IN H.C.P(MD)No.1530 of 2015 Dated: 27.01.2016 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/