Umadevi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Govenrment

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 Umadevi ... Petitioner/ Mother of the Detenu vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu Represented by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the Detention Order passed by the second respondent in P.D.No.65/2021, dated 24.06.2021 and to quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the person or body of the detenu, Rajini @ Arunpandiyan, S/o.Anbazhagan, Male, aged about 23 years, before this Court and set him at liberty, now detained at Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

For Petitioner :

Mr.B.Anandan For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

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.65 of 2021, dated 24.06.2021, by the second respondent.

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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.3431, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XV) Department, dated 03.08.2021. 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 (CS-I) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) ebsi/akv Note :

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To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli.

5.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law and Order), Fort. St.George, Chennai-9 2/3

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

ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.(MD) No.1076 of 2021 01.11.2021 KMV(CO) GC/JGB(18.11.2021) 3P 7C 3/3