1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1604 OF 2008 DIST.: PUNE Baban Rama Pardhi ...Petitioner Versus The Deputy Superintendent of Prisons and The State of Maharashtra ... Respondents. Mrs. I.M. Koparkar for the Petitioner Mr. A.S. Gadkari, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. DATE: SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 P.C.:- The application of the petitioner seeking leave on furlough is pending from 13th November, 2006. There is no explanation by the respondents as to why the application has not been decided so far, although it is admitted that the application is pending. 2. In this view of the matter, we direct that the application of the 2 petitioner shall be decided within a week, keeping in view the observations already made by this Court in the earlier petition filed by the petitioner, being Writ Petition No. 2473 of 2004. 3. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.A. KUMBHAKONI, J.