[Order of the Court was made by N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.]

This writ petition has been filed challenging the proceedings of the first respondent made in No. 1253/Utha.2/2025 dated 17.02.2026 and for a consequential direction to the first and second respondents to grant ordinary leave without escort for a period of fifteen days to the petitioner's brother, who is presently serving sentence at Central Prison, Madurai.

2. Heard the learned counsel on either side.

3. The petitioner is the brother of the convict. The petitioner's brother is a life convict, who is serving sentence at Central Prison, Madurai. The petitioner submitted a representation seeking for ordinary leave on the ground that the mother of the convict is suffering from serious health ailments and that she required immediate treatment and hence, the convict's physical and emotional support is required. The representation made by the petitioner came to be rejected by the first respondent through the impugned proc