ORDER :

S.M. Subramaniam, J.

[PRAYER: Habeas Corpus Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent dated 04.07.2024 in his office Ref.C3.D.O.No.33/2024 against the petitioner's son by name Thiru.Venkatesan, S/o. Nadarajan, aged about 32 years, now confined at Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the above said detenue before this Court and set him at liberty.]

The order of detention passed by the 2nd respondent in his office Ref.C3.D.O.No.33/2024 dated 04.07.2024, is sought to be quashed in the present Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.

3. The order of detention sought to be assailed and the fact as narrated would reveal that, there is a delay of seven days in considering the representation. The delay in considering the representation and the period during which the detenu was under detention would be construed as violation of the Constitutional mandatory unde