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Bonisan Paul Jeebin C v. The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Service

Madras HC11 Feb 2026WP(MD)/2072/2026

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What is this about?

Keywords: writ petition; Article 226; certiorarified mandamus; prison staff transfer; Vellore Central Prison; Trichy Central Prison; Gingee Sub Jail; Dharmapuri District Jail; TNPCS/6500/2025E.W.3; Director General of Prisons and Correctional Service; Superintendent of Prison; family circumstances; parents' health; nearby vacancy; disposed; no costs; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; B.Pugalendhi; 11.02.2026.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with the petitioner to be accommodated in a nearby vacancy, if possible; no costs ordered. ¶29

Bonisan Paul Jeebin C Vs The Director General of… — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

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WP(MD)No.2072 of 2026

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 11.02.2026

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI

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WP(MD)No.2072 of 2026

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C.Bonisan Paul Jeebin

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...Petitioner

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1.The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Service,

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Prison Headquarters, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.

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2.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Trichy – 20.

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3.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Vellore.

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...Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order bearing No.TNPCS/6500/2025E.W.3, dated 24.11.2025 passed by the 1^st respondent herein and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the 1^st respondent to post the petitioner in the districts of Vellore or Kancheepuram or Tiruvannamalai within a period which may be stipulated by this court.

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For Petitioner : Mr.J.Arul Praskash

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For Respondent : Mr.G.V.Vairam Santhosh Nos.1 & 2 Additional Government Pleader

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ORDER

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The petitioner who is working in Vellore Central Prison has been transferred and posted at Trichy Central Prison. The petitioner has joined duty in the transferred place and has filed this writ petition claiming that he is facing difficulties due to his family circumstances and health conditions of his parents and has requested to transfer him back to Vellore in any of the five existing vacancies.

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2.The learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the respondents raised serious objection that the petitioner was working Vellore nearly for eight years from the year 2017 and he cannot claim it as a right to transfer him back to Vellore. Further on the direction of this court, the learned Additional Government Pleader collected details of the vacancies around Vellore and submitted that there are vacancies in Gingee Sub Jail and Dharmapuri District Jail.

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