Judgment

S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, J.:- This writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India at the instance of an Advocate is filed by way of a Public Interest Litigation seeking issuance of certain directions, directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (1) to institute an enquiry against those police officers under whose jurisdiction Red Light  areas as well Devadasi and Jogin traditions are flourishing and to take necessary action against such erring police officers and law breakers; (2) to bring all the inmates of the red light areas and also those who are engaged in flesh trade to protective homes of the respective States and to provide them with proper medical aid, shelter, education and training in various disciplines of life so as to enable them to choose a more dignified way of life and (3) to bring the children of those prostitutes and other children found begging in streets and also the girls pushed into flesh trade to protective homes and then to rehabilitate them.

2. The averments made in the writ petition on the basis of which these directions are prayed for can be summarised thus:

Many unfortunate teen-aged female children (hereinafter referred to as the child