Ajithkumar v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 31.07.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Ajithkumar (Now confining at Palayamkottai Central Prison) ... Petitioner -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv)Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Palayamkottai 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 M.H.S.Confdl.No.66/2024, dated 16.04.2024 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Ajithkumar, son og Ganesan, aged about 29 years, now detained as "Goonda" at Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents :

Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.66/2024, dated 16.04.2024by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.3463, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 03.06.2024.

2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed. [A.D.J.C., J.] [K.R.S., J.] 31.07.2024 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No am To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv)Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

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

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

AND K.RAJASEKAR, J.

am 31.07.2024