Madras High Court
WP/43196/2026 of GIRISH Vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU on 30 October 2026
WP No.43196 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 28.10.2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN
WP No.43196 of 2026
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Girish
No. 76, 2nd Street, TNHB plot,
Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu.
Petitioner
Vs
1. State Of Tamil Nadu
represented through The Principal Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2.The Secretary
Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Board, DMS Campus, Chokalingam Nagar, Annasalai, Teynampet,
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3.The Director/Secretary
Directorate of Children Welfare and Special Services, No.1A, I Floor, CMDA Tower-II, Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai.
Respondents
Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus directing the first respondent, the second respondent and the third respondent to coordinate and ensure that 1) Every child born in Government or Private hospitals be ankletted just after delivery and children born at home or elsewhere be ankletted by the Corporation Primary Health Care Centers. These anklets shall be verifiable by Patrol Police and Traffic police. These Anklets shall have all details of the
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child, and his/her parents, etc., only in electronic form and could be readable and tracked by Police Tracker system and shall never be visible to the naked eye. Any attempt to damage the metal anklet by cutting should ring an alarm in the Singappenn Police Patrol Monitor giving the location of the child and anklet attached to the child. 2) Children be given safe space in and around Temples, Churches and Mosques or Schools till the parents pick up their children under the supervision of Singappen Police Patrol, and/or grant such other further relief or other Orders.
For Petitioner
No appearance
For Respondents
Mr.C.A.Ramanan,
Govt Advocate
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) None appeared for the petitioner in the forenoon session. Hence, the matter was passed over and taken up in the afternoon session. Even in the afternoon session, there is no representation for the petitioner.
2. The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution. There will be no order as to costs. (SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CJ.) (G.ARUL MURUGAN, J.) 28.10.2026 Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No tar
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WP No.43196 of 2026 To
1. The Principal Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
2. The Secretary Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Board, DMS Campus, Chokalingam Nagar, Annasalai, Teynampet, Chennai-600 006.
3. The Director/Secretary Directorate of Children Welfare and Special Services, No.1A, I Floor, CMDA Tower-II, Gandhi-Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai.
WP No.43196 of 2026 THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN
, J.
(tar) WP No.43196 of 2026 28.10.2026
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