Madras High Court
Arumugham vs The District Collector And on 19 June, 2006
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated: 19/06/2006 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice P.SATHASIVAM and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.DHANAPALAN Habeas Corpus Petition No.237 of 2006 Arumugham ... Petitioner -Vs- 1. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thiruvallur District, Thiruvallur. 2. The Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9. ... Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the records in B.D.F.G.I. S.V. No.3/2006 on the file of the first respondent, quash the detention order dated 14.02.2006, direct the production of the detenu by name Ramesh, son of Arugmugham, presently detained at the Central Prison, Chennai, under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982, before Court and set him at liberty. !For Petitioner : Mr.A.M.Rahmath Ali ^For Respondents: Mr.M.Babu Muthu Meeran, Addl. Public Prosecutor. :ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by P.SATHASIVAM, J.)
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor informs this Court that, by
Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.716, Prohibition & Excise (XI) Department, dated
10.04.2006, the detention order passed against the detenu by name Ramesh has
been revoked. He has also produced a copy of the Government Order.
Accordingly, no adjudication is required in this matter. Habeas Corpus
Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
JI
To
1. Secretary to Government,
Prohibition & Excise Department,
Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2. The District Magistrate &
District Collector, Tiruvallur.