JUDGMENT :

M.S. Ramesh, Sunder Mohan, JJ.

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records relating to the impugned order of detention passed by the 3rd respondent in PBMMSECA No.03/2023 dated 09.12.2023 and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu Vetrivel, Son of Sivakumar, aged about 30 years, petitioner's son now confined at Central Prison-II, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.)

1. The Petitioner, mother of the detenu has filed this Petition challenging the order of detention passed by the 3rd respondent against her son, in PBMMSECA No.03/2023 dated 09.12.2023, branding the detenu as a "Black Marketer" contemplated under the Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (Central Act 7 of 1980).

2. Even though the learned counsel for the petitioner raised many grounds in assailing the impugned order of detention in the petition, he confined his arguments only to the ground of delay in considering the representation of the detenu, dated 21.12.2023. According to the learned