Arun Ulaganathan v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 30.06.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR Arun Ulaganathan : Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

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

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

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PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.178 of 2021 dated 20.11.2021 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 Arun Ulaganathan aged about 42 years, S/o.Vanumamalai Thevar, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

*********** [Order of the Court was made by R.VIJAYAKUMAR, J.] It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No.178 of 2021 dated 20.11.2021, by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.1848, dated 05.04.2022.

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2.Recording the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

[P.N.P.,J.] & [R.V.,J.] 30.06.2022 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No MR To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9.

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

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

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

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P.N.PRAKASH, J.

and R.VIJAYAKUMAR, J.

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