Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/1105/2021revoked

Maria Anthony Pitchiya Titus @ Titus v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2022-02-01Honourable Dr Justice G. Jayachandran,Honourable Mr Justice S. Vaidyanathan2 pages

H.C.P.(MD) No.1105 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.02.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.VAIDYANATHAN and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN H.C.P.(MD) No.1105 of 2021 Maria Anthony Pitchiya Titus @ Titus ... Petitioner/Detenue -vs1.State of Tamil Nadu Rep.by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi 3.The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Palayamkottai Tirunelveli ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S. (M) Confdl.No.86 of 2021, dated 06.07.2021, on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely Maria Anthony Pitchiya Titus @ Titus, aged about 24 years, S/o.Rosary, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ ____________

H.C.P.(MD) No.1105 of 2021

O R D E R

S.VAIDYANATHAN , J.

and DR.

G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.

Today when the matter was taken up, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that as per G.O.Rt.No.3686, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 16.08.2021, the detention order has been revoked.

2. In view of the same, nothing survives in this Habeas Corpus Petition and therefore, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (AD II) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) krk Note :

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To:

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

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

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

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law & Order),Fort St. George,Chennai - 600 009. 5.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,Madurai.

H.C.P.(MD) No.1105 of 2021 01.02.2022 MGJ(11.02.2022) 2P 6C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ ____________