Muthulingam v. The Additional Cheif Secretary To Government

H.C.P.(MD) No.1242 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.1242 of 2021 Muthulingam ... Petitioner -vs1.State of Tamil Nadu rep.by its The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department (XVI) Fort.St.George, Chennai-9 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram 3.The Superintendent Central Prison, Madurai ... 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 S.R.No.51/Goonda/2021, dated 24.07.2021, on the file of the second respondent herein set aside the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the Petitioners son namely Kanthan @ Tamilarasan, aged about 29 years, S/o.Rajendran, now detained at Madurai Central Prison, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.G.Karuppasamy Pandiyan For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

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that as per G.O.Rt.No.5001, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 28.10.2021, the detention order has been revoked.

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

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To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department (XVI), State of Tamil Nadu, Fort.St.George, Chennai-9.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

4.The Joint Secretary to Government, Public(Law & Order), Fort St.George, Chennai-9.

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

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