Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/1253/2021revoked

Shanmugavalli 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.1253 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.1253 of 2021 Shanmugavalli ... Petitioner / Mother of the Detenu Vs.

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

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

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

... Respondents PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records pertaining to the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent in S.R.No.55/Goonda/2021, dated 27.07.2021 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's son, namely, Sureshkannan, son of Koothaperumal, aged 23 years, now confined in Central Prison, Madurai, before this Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.T.A.Ebenezer For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD) No.1253 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that as per G.O.Rt.No.5003, Home, Prohibition and Excise (IX) Department, dated 28.10.2021, the detention order has been revoked.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 (CRL) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) PJL 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(xiv) Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat,Chennai-600 009.

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 - 600 009.

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

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