Ajithkumar v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.11.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.BHARATHIDASAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.PONGIAPPAN H.C.P.(MD) No.997 of 2021 Ajithkumar ... Petitioner/ detenu -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Tiruchirappalli Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli District.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records,connected with the detention order of the second respondent in Detention Order P.D.No.52/2021, dated 29.04.2021 and quash the same and to direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Ajithkumar son of Gurunatha aged about 25 years, now confining as "Goonda" at Tiruchirappalli Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Prakash For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor 1/3

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by V.BHARATHIDASAN, J.] This Habeas Corpus Petition is filed challenging the order of detention passed in P.D.No.52/2021, dated 29.04.2021, by the second respondent.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, Mr.S.Ravi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State, on instructions submitted that the Government itself has revoked the order of detention, by the order in G.O.Rt.No.2970, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 09.07.2021. He has also produced the copy of the said Government Order.

3. In view of the above, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed as no further order is necessary.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (Records) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) akv Note :

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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XVI) Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Tiruchirappalli Central Prison,Tiruchirappalli District. 2/3

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

5.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law & Order), Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

H.C.P.(MD) No.997 of 2021 01.11.2021 MGJ/PM(15.11.2021) 3P 6C 3/3