M.Vijayapandi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.731 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.12.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.731 of 2020 M.Vijayapandi ... Petitioner -vs1.State of Tamil Nadu rep. by The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

3.The Superintendent, 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 entire records in detention order passed in H.S(M)Confdl No.68/2020 dated 10.09.2020 on the file of the second respondent herein and set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's son namely Chelladurai, son of Vijayapandi aged 19 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner :

Mr.M.Murugesan For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] The petitioner has filed the habeas corpus petition seeking to quash the proceedings of the second respondent in H.S(M)Confdl No.68/2020 dated 10.09.2020, branding the detenu viz., his son, Chelladurai, son of Vijayapandi aged 19 years, as a "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982, detained him at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai and to set him at liberty.

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2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.4635, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 28.10.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the above submissions, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

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To:

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

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

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

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