JUDGMENT :

S. Vaidyanathan, G. Jayachandran, JJ.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Section 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order passed by the 3rd respondent in Letter No.13325/TK2/2020 dated 20.10.2020 and quash the same and to direct the 3rd Respondent to grant leave of two months without escort to her husband, namely, O.Kasirajan now confined in Madurai Central Prison.

This Writ Petition has been filed to quash the impugned order dated 20.10.2020 passed by the 3rd respondent in Letter No.13325/TK2/2020, in and by which, the request of the petitioner to grant leave of two months without escort to her husband, namely, O.Kasirajan, confined in Central Prison, Madurai, has been declined. Aggrieved by the same, the Petitioner is before this Court.

2. It was the case of the Petitioner that on 09.01.2020, her husband was convicted and sentenced to undergo 10 years of imprisonment in C.C.No.99 of 2018 by the learned Additional Principal Special Judge for NDPS Act cases, Madurai and that she has two school going children and has been struggling to maintain the family on account of financial