JUDGMENT :

K. Kalyanasundaram, J.

Prayer: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in M.H.S.Confdl.No. 112/2020, dated 26.11.2020, on the file of the second respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely the petitioner's husband i.e., Ramaiah, aged about 35 years, son of Esakkiappan, now detained at the Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

1. This habeas corpus petition has been filed by the wife of the detenu, namely, Ramaiah, son of Esakkiappan, aged about 35 years, challenging the detention order in M.H.S.Confdl.No.112/2020, dated 26.11.2020, passed by the second respondent, branding him as “Drug Offender” as contemplated under Section 2(e) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.

2. Mr. N. Pragalathan, learned counsel for the petitioner, would argue that even though the petitioner has raised several grounds, he has confined his arguments only to the delay in disposal of the petitioner's representation. It is submitted by the learned coun