Ponnarasi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To The Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED :29.10.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA H.C.P.(MD) No.951 of 2024 Ponnarasi ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

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

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

... Respondents PRAYER : Petition 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 of the second respondent in H.S.(M)Confdl.No.103 of 2024 dated 16.07.2024 in detaining the detenu under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Goonda and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu, namely 1/4

Ilayaraja, son of Lakshmanan, Male, aged about 45 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Jeganathan For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

The present Habeas Corpus Petition has been filed to call for the entire records connected with the detention order of the second respondent in H.S.(M)Confdl.No.103 of 2024 dated 16.07.2024 in detaining the detenu under Section 2(f) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 as a Goonda and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu, namely Ilayaraja, son of Lakshmanan, Male, aged about 45 years, who is detained in Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.6121, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 02.09.2024, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked by the Government. 2/4

3. In view of the same, nothing survives for further adjudication. This Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed.

(C.V.K., J.) (R.P, J.) 29.10.2024 Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No LS To

1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600009.

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

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

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

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C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.

and R.POORNIMA, J.

LS ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.(MD) No.951 of 2024 29.10.2024 4/4