Saravanan @ Saravanapandiyan v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 25.02.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR Saravanan @ Saravanapandiyan ... Petitioner/Detenu Vs.

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

2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Magistrate and District Collector, Pudukottai District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Trichy Central Prison, Trichy 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 P.D.O.No.46/2021, dated 19.08.2021 and quash the same and direct the Respondents to produce the body or person of the detenu by name Saravanan @ Saravanapandiyan, son of Singamuthu, aged about 36 years, now confining at Trichy Central Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi, Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.

AND N.SATHISH KUMAR, J.

This habeas corpus petition has been filed by the detenu, namely, Saravanan @ Saravanapandiyan, Son of Singamuthu, aged 36 years, challenging the detention order in P.D.O.No.46/2021, dated 1/3

19.08.2021 passed by the second respondent, branding him as "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O(Rt) No.5123, Home Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 29.10.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked by the Advisory Board and hence, this Court is of the view that nothing survives for adjudication in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

3. In view of the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (Records) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) am 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.

Note :

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

2.The District Magistrate and District Collector, Office of the District Magistrate and District Collector, Pudukottai District.

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Trichy Central Prison, Trichy District.

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

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

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