Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/697/2019closed

Ramasamy v. The Principal Secretary To Government

2019-10-18Honourable Mr Justice S. Vaidyanathan,Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh2 pages

H.C.P(MD)No.697 of 2019 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 18.10.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.VAIDYANATHAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH H.C.P(MD)No.697 of 2019 Ramasamy ... Petitioner Vs.

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

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

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

... Respondents Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.48/2019, dated 09.07.2019 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, Ramasamy, aged about 55 years, son of Kalimuthu, now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents : Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P(MD)No.697 of 2019 copy of G.O.Rt.No.3645, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 23.09.2019, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked. Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (co) // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) rsb To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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

4.The Joint Secretary to Government Public (Law and order) Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

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