Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/871/2020closed

Chelladurai v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2020-12-10Honourable Mr Justice K. Kalyanasundaram,Honourable Mrs Justice T. Krishnavalli (Retd.)2 pages

H.C.P.(MD) No.871 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 10.12.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.871 of 2020 Chelladurai : Petitioner/Father of the detenue -vs1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The District Magistrate and District Collector, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli-9.

3. The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, 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 connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in M.H.S.Confdl No.68/2020 dated 18.09.2020 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu by name Thiru Vijayaraj alias Vijaykumar, son of Chelladurai aged about 29 years now detained in Palayamkottai Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Vinoth Bharathi 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 Detention Order in M.H.S.Confdl No.68/2020 dated 18.09.2020, branding the detenu viz., his son, Vijayaraj alias Vijaykumar, aged about 29 years, as a "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982, detained him at the Palayamkottai Central Prison 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.4974, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 17.11.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-II) // True Copy // / /2020 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) skn Note :In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate / litigant concerned. To:

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

2. The District Magistrate and District Collector, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli-9.

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

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

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