W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 11.09.2025 CORAM : THE HONOURABLE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN W.P.Nos.7414, 7456 & 8295 of 2020 & W.M.P.Nos.8879 to 8885, 9940 of 2020 & 34553 of 2025 W.P.No.7414 of 2020 S.Jimraj Milton .. Petitioner Vs. 1. Union of India Rep. by its Cabinet Secretary Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi 110 004. 2. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Chief Secretary to Government Secretariat, Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. .. Respondent W.P.No.7456 of 2020 S.Jimraj Milton .. Petitioner Vs. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. 1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Health Secretary Secretariat, Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. 2. Union of India Rep. by its Cabinet Secretary Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi 110 004. .. Respondents [R2 suo motu impleaded vide order dated 09.06.2020] W.P.No.8295 of 2020 Varaaki .. Petitioner Vs. 1. The Secretary to Government Home Department Secretariat, St. George Fort Chennai 600 009. 2. The Director General of Police O/o. The Director General of Police Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai Mylapore, Chennai 600 004. 3. The Additional Director General of Police cum Inspector General of Prisons O/o. The Inspector General of Prisons Whannels Road, Egmore Chennai 8. 4. The Superintendent of Prisons O/o. The Superintendent of Prisons Central Prison I Puzhal, Chennai 600 066. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. 5. The Superintendent of Prisons O/o. The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison II, Puzhal Chennai 600 066. 6. The Superintendent of Prisons Special Prison for Women Puzhal, Chennai 600 066. 7. The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Police Vepery Chennai 600 007. .. Respondents Prayer : Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking respectively (i) a writ of Mandamus to direct the 2nd respondent to constitute a State Level Executive Committee led by Chief Secretary in view of Section 20 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 consisting the secretaries of the concern ministries including Home, Finance , PWD, Health and Social Welfare and Labour and also including the persons from Eminent Health care and Eminent Social Activist to assist the State Government/State Disaster Management Authority to perform its functions for prevent and control the COVID-19 based on the guidelines framed by National Centre for Disease Control and constitute a District level Disaster Management Committee under section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 including the persons from Health care expert & eminent Social Activist and all other required local level committees including the volunteers to perform its functions for prevent & control the COVID-19 and direct the 2nd ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. respondent notify and approve the COVID-19 isolated wards both in Government & Private Hospitals in all districts along with sufficient beds & necessary testing labs with complete free of costs for treatment & testing and handling the all suspected persons who arrived from foreign country 01.03.2020 onwards, keep in them into special quarantine camps which may be re-designate the schools & college hostels and Marriage & Community halls as temporary isolation wards or hospitals/quarantines and give proper & regular follow up treatment to fight endemic disease effectively & emergently and further provide personal protective equipments (PPE) especially for doctors, nurses and hospital staffs in COVID 19 wards as per the prescription of WHO and provide prescribed protective gears for them and also provide safety gears who were all working daily when the rest of the community is isolating themselves like scavengers, policemen, corporation, electricity & telecommunication staffs and all essential service employees and to quarantine a section among the workforce of essential service for future catastrophe of COVID 19; (ii) a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to G.O.M.S.No.174 dated 03.04.2020 passed by the respondent and quash the same insofar as clause 4 of the same and further direct the respondent to provide & ensure medical assistance irrespective of all COVID-19 affected patients at free of cost; and (iii) a writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents 1 to 3 herein to provide PPE Kits, Face masks, Hand gloves, sanitizers and also taking proper diagnosing of COVID-19 tests to the police officials, Jail officials and Jail inmate. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Parthasarathi [WP Nos.7414 & 7456/20] Mr.B.Janakiram [WP No.8295/20] For Respondents : Mr.K.Srinivasamurthy SPCCG for R1 in WP No.7414/20 & for R2 in WP No.7456/20 Mr.K.Karthik Jegannath Government Advocate for R2 in WP No.7414/20 & for R1 in WP Nos.7456 & 8295/20 Mr.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor for R2 to R7 in WP No.8295/20 ORDER (Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) Learned counsel for petitioners fairly submit that by efflux of time and subsequent events, petitions are now rendered infructuous. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. 2. Petitions are disposed of as having rendered infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the interim applications are closed. (MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J) 11.09.2025 Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No kpl To 1. The Cabinet Secretary Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi 110 004. 2. The Chief Secretary to Government Secretariat, Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. 3. The Health Secretary Secretariat, Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. 4. The Secretary to Government Home Department Secretariat, St. George Fort Chennai 600 009. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. 5. The Director General of Police O/o. The Director General of Police Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai Mylapore, Chennai 600 004. 6. The Additional Director General of Police cum Inspector General of Prisons O/o. The Inspector General of Prisons Whannels Road, Egmore Chennai 8. 7. The Superintendent of Prisons O/o. The Superintendent of Prisons Central Prison I Puzhal, Chennai 600 066. 8. The Superintendent of Prisons O/o. The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison II, Puzhal Chennai 600 066. 9. The Superintendent of Prisons Special Prison for Women Puzhal, Chennai 600 066. 10. The Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai Police Vepery Chennai 600 007. ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.7414 of 2020 etc. THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN,J. (kpl) W.P.Nos.7414, 7456 & 8295 of 2020 11.09.2025 ____________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis