Sunil Chachuda vs State Of U.P. And 5 Others on 29 January, 2024
12. From the scheme of the Act as noted above and as per the judgement of the Apex Court in Pesala Nookaraju (supra), once the confirmatory order of detention is passed under Section 12 (1) of the Act i.e., a final order and the State Government has no authority to review its order. If in the confirmatory order any particular period of detention is prescribed by the State Government such detention order is valid only for that period. If no period of detention is prescribed in an order and passed under Section 12 (1) of the Act, then, such detention will be for a maximum period of 12 months as prescribed under Section 13 of the Act. However, once the order under Section 12 (1) is passed by the State Government prescribed a period of detention, the said order cannot be reviewed or extended by the State Government. Such detention will be over after the expiry of the period prescribed in the confirmatory order passed under Section 12(1) of the Act. The said order cannot be reviewed or extended any further. However, the Detaining authority i.e., the State Government or the District Magistrate, may pass a fresh order in terms of Section 3(2) of the Act, if the circumstances so demand. Such concerned detention order has to be confirmed again following the procedure prescribed under Sections 3, 10, 11 and 12 of the Act.