IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 37 OF 2006 RON CHAYAK ....Petitioner Versus STATE AS REPRESENTED BY THE ....Respondent INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS, COLLECTORATE Ms. Caroline Collasso, Advocate for the Petitioner. Ms. Winnie Coutinho, Public Prosecutor, for the State/Respondent. Coram:- N. A. BRITTO, J. Date:- 20th December, 2006 P.C. Heard Ms. Collasso on behalf of the petitioner. Respondent represented by learned Public Prosecutor Ms. Coutinho. 2. The petitioner's request to be released on parole was rejected by the learned Inspector General of Prisons by his Order dated 24.08.2006, inter alia, on the ground that the owner of the house where the petitioner was to stay during the period he would be released on parole, had refused to accept him. Since then, the petitioner has filed an affidavit of one Pravin D. Salgaonkar, stating that he is willing to take the responsibility of the petitioner in the event he is released on parole and that he is also willing to make arrangements of his stay during the period the petitioner may be released on parole. It is stated that this affidavit has been filed before the I.G. of Prisons. The Inspector General of Prisons, therefore, is hereby directed to consider afresh the request of the petitioner to be released on parole in the light of the said affidavit. The request of the petitioner be disposed of as expeditiously as possible. 3. In the light of the above observation and direction, the petition is disposed of. N. A. BRITTO, J. arp/*