JUDGMENT :

S. Vaidyanathan, N. Anand Venkatesh, JJ.

(Prayer: Directing the respondents to furnish the copies of the G.O.MS.No. 603 to 615 home (PRI-IV) department dated 08.11.2019 on payment of charges if any at the earliest as the government of Tamil Nadu has ordered and released 13 life convicts whose conviction and Sentence of life had been confirmed by the Honourable supreme Court of India on 22.10.2009.)

Pursuant to the orders passed by this Court on 18.11.2019, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor who took notice, had produced G.O.Ms.Nos.603 to 615, Home (Pri.IV) Department, dated 08.11.2019, pursuant to which, 13 life convicts were released in this case. A copy of the Government Orders was also furnished to Mr.P.Rathinam, who is appearing as a party-in-person. We had called for the entire files and the files were also furnished before this Court. We are taking cognizance of the Government Orders that have been referred supra and also the files that have been placed before us. Taking into consideration the seriousness and sensitivity involved in the issue, this Court wants to test the basis on which the Government Orders were passed. In the meantime, Mr.P.Rathinam, Petitione