B.Ramkumar Adityan, v. Secretary,
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 06.01.2026
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN B.Ramkumar Adityan ... Petitioner -vs1.The Secretary Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India Shastri Bhawan New Delhi-110 001 2.Secretary Social Welfare Department Government of Tamil Nadu St.George Fort Chennai-600 009 3.Member Secretary cum Chief Executive Officer Central Adoption Resource Authority Ministry of Women and Child Development West Block 8, Wing 2, 1st Floor Ramakrishna Puram New Delhi-110 066
4.Director Central Bureau of Investigation Plot No.5-B, CGO Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 5.Regional Director Special Crime Branch Central Bureau of Investigation No.26, Shastri Bhawan, 3rd Floor Haddows Road, Shastri Bhavan Chennai-600 006 6.Director General of Police Tamil Nadu Police Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai Mylapore, Chennai-600 004 7.Director of Social Welfare Directorate of Social Welfare Lady Willington College Campus Kamarajar Salai Chennai-600 005 8.Director Department of Social Defence Old No.153, New No.300 Purasawalkam High Road Kellys, Chennai-600 010 9.Director Department of Children Welfare and Special Services No.33, Purasawalkam High Road Kellys, Chennai-600 010 ... Respondents
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the 4th and 5th respondents to conduct a Court monitored probe to find the present status of 5,189 adopted children, information about missing 944 Children, Children died in the custody of the Government, adoption agencies and after adoption, children's returned to the biological parents and the details about the non functioning and closed adoption centers and take appropriate criminal action against the defaulters as requested in the representation of the petitioner dated 08.09.2025 and 13.10.2025 within stipulated time.
For Petitioner :
Mr.S.Sankar For Respondents :
Mr.K.Govindarajan Deputy Solicitor General of India for R1 & R3 Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R2, R7 to R9 Mr.K.Gnanasekaran Government Advocate (Criminal Side) for R6
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.] This Public Interest Litigation, seeking Court monitoring of the investigation into 944 missing children, appears to be highly preposterous for the Court to take cognizance of and monitor such investigation. Hence, this
writ petition stands dismissed. In any event, we hope that the respondents, who are responsible for addressing the issue of the missing children and have already constituted a Special Investigation Team, will perform their duties flawlessly and make all efforts to trace the missing children. No costs. [G.J., J.] [K.K.R.K., J.] 06.01.2026 NCC :
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1.The Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.
2.The Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, St.George Fort, Chennai-600 009.
3.The Member Secretary cum Chief Executive Officer, Central Adoption Resource Authority, Ministry of Women and Child Development, West Block 8, Wing 2, 1st Floor, Ramakrishna Puram, New Delhi-110 066.
4.The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, Plot No.5-B, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003.
5.The Regional Director, Special Crime Branch, Central Bureau of Investigation, No.26, Shastri Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Haddows Road, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai-600 006.
6.The Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu Police, Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600 004.
7.The Director of Social Welfare, Directorate of Social Welfare, Lady Willington College Campus, Kamarajar Salai, Chennai-600 005.
8.The Director, Department of Social Defence, Old No.153, New No.300, Purasawalkam High Road, Kellys, Chennai-600 010.
9.The Director, Department of Children Welfare and Special Services, No.33, Purasawalkam High Road, Kellys, Chennai-600 010.
DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J.
AND K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, J.
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