Nilavudeen.K v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissed as infructuous. W.P.(MD) No.27939 of 2022, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, coram P.Velmurugan and L.Victoria Gowri, JJ., decided 26.09.2025. Petitioner K.Nilavudeen challenged under Article 226 the residential order G.O.(1D)No.262 dated 03.08.2022 of the Tamil Nadu Public (Foreigners-II) Department directing residence under Section 3(2)(e) of the Foreigners Act, 1946 (detention at Special Camp, Trichirappalli); respondents included the State, District Collectors of Thiruchirapalli and Thanjavur, SP Thanjavur, Regional Special Deputy Collector (Sri Lankan Tamil Rehabilitation Camp, Kottappattu) and Inspector of Police, Athirampattinam. Counsel: S.Manoharan for petitioner; B.Nambi Selvan, Additional Public Prosecutor, for respondents. Petition dismissed as infructuous without adjudication of merits; no precedents cited; no monetary relief.
What did the court decide?
This court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, on the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the relief sought had become infructuous; the merits of the challenge to the residential order were not adjudicated.