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A.Pachaimmal v. the Secretary to Government

Madras HC9 Apr 2025WP/13107/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Extension of ordinary leave / parole leave without escort refused; prisoner Rajadurai PID No.861, Vellore Central Prison; prisoner's daughter severe infection, 10 days inpatient treatment; no provision under Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules for extension of ordinary leave; affidavit reasons not convincing; earlier 28-day leave granted 07.03.2025 in W.P.No.4937 of 2025 despite Probation Officer non-recommendation; writ of mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ petition dismissed, no costs.

What did the court decide?

The Court was not convinced with the reasons assigned in the affidavit filed in support of the petition. ¶28

A.Pachaimmal Vs the Secretary to Government — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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W.P.No.13107 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 09.04.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH

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AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. SENTHILKUMAR

W.P.No.13107 of 2025

A.Pachaiammal

... Petitioner

Vs.

1.The Secretary to Government, Home Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

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2.The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Ramsait Nagar, Thorapadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu-632 002.

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3.The Superintendent of Prisons, Vellore Central Prison, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. ... Respondents

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Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to extend the parole leave for a period of 15 days without escort to the petitioner's son namely Rajadurai (PID No.861) confined at Vellore Central Prison.

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F or Petitioner : Ms.S.Sujatha For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.M.Sylvester John

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by M.S.RAMESH, J. )

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The petitioner's son was granted leave for 28 days without escort for the period between 14.03.2025 and 10.04.2025, through orders of this Court dated 07.03.2025 passed in W.P.No.4937 of 2025. We had considered the petitioner's request for leave to her son based on her claim that she had some medical ailment and that her son had to arrange funds for her medical expenses, in spite of the fact that the Probation Officer had not recommended for grant of leave.

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2. In the present writ petition, it is claimed that the prisoner's daughter has severe infection, for which, she is required to take treatment for 10 days as inpatient. Therefore, the petitioner seeks for extension of leave for her son/prisoner for a further period of 15 days.

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3 . We are not convinced with the reasons assigned in the affidavit

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filed in support of this petition. Further, there is no provision under the

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