IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-30087 of 2008 Date of Decision: November 18, 2008 Partap Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND Present : Mr. V.S. Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. S.D. Anand, J. Crl. Misc. Nos. 52824 to 52826 of 2008 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-30087 of 2008 The grievance of the petitioner - prisoner is that his plea for grant of agricultural parole is not being forwarded by respondent No.4 – Superintendent, Central Jail, Hisar, to the Competent Authority. The further apprehension of the petitioner – prisoner is that the Competent Authority may not grant the request for release on parole in view of the fact that he is convict under NDPS Act. Notice of motion. Crl. Misc. No. M-30087 of 2008 On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S. Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Insofar as the latter apprehension is concerned, this point came up for adjudication in Criminal Writ No. 1157 of 2006 (Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto versus State of Punjab), decided on 10.08.2007. In that judgment, it was held by this Court that the Competent Authority shall not decline the parole plea just on the basis that a convict is undergoing sentence in a case under the N.D.P.S. Act. The petition otherwise shall stand disposed of with a direction to the Competent Authority to take a decision on the parole plea of the petitioner – prisoner within a period of one month from today. It is otherwise held that it was inappropriate on the part of the Superintendent Jail, Hisar, to have refrained from forwarding the parole plea of the petitioner – prisoner to the Competent Authority. It will be for the State counsel to communicate the order to the Competent Authority. Copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of the Court Secretary. November 18, 2008 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2