JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents herein to treat petitioner's husband Thangaraj, C.P. No. 2008 having become eligible for premature release as per Rule 341(2) of Tamil Nadu prison Rules 1983 by considering petitioner representation dated 17.11.2018 and considering the G.O.Ms. No. 64, Home Prison (IV) Department/2018, dated 01.02.2018 within the time stipulated by this Court.

1. The writ petitioner is the wife of the life convict Thangaraj and she seeks for his premature release.

2. According to the petitioner, her husband is entitled to premature release as per Rule 341(2) of the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983 and that she made a representation to the respondents as early as on 17.11.2018. The petitioner would further state that her husband is in incarceration for more than 22 years as a life convict and in the light of G.O. (Ms) No. 64, Home (Prison-IV) Department, dated 01.02.2018 as modified by G.O. (Ms) No. 302, Home (Prison-IV) Department, dated 03.05.2018, the Government has