(Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records relating to the detention order passed under the provisions of Foreigners Act, 1946 made in G.O.No.SR.III/791-5/2003 dated 15.12.2003 on the file of the first respondent, quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the detenu Maheswaran now lodged at Special Camp for Srilankans at Chengalpattu before this Court and set him at liberty.)

P. Sathasivam, J.

The petitioner, by name Maheswaran @ Rajkumar @ Kadiresan @ Thambapillai, a Srilankan citizen, challenges the order made under G.O.No.SR.III/791-5/2003 dated 15.12.2003 in and by which the Government of Tamil Nadu, in exercise of the powers under Section 3(2)(e) of Foreigners Act, 1946 (Central Act 31 of 1946) read with the notification of the Government of India, Ministray of Home Affairs, No.4/3/56(1) F-1 dated 19.4.1958, regulated the continued presence of the foreigner, by directing him to reside in the Special Camp for Sri Lankan Immigrants/refugees identified and located by the Collector of Kancheepuram District at Chengalpattu. In the same order, it is directed that the pe