drp {1} Cri.W.P.No.437/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.437 OF 2011 Dulharsing Daulatsingh Jarhade PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ....... Mrs.K.P.Mutatkar, Advocate for petitioner (Appointed) Mr. S.D.Kaldate, APP for respondents State ....... [CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, AND A.V.POTDAR, J.J.] DATE : 6 th July 2011 PER COURT: 1. A communication sent by the petitioner, from jail, has been registered as Criminal Writ Petition. We had accordingly appointed Mrs.K.P.Mutatkar, learned counsel to represent the petitioner in this petition. 2. Limited grievance of the petitioner is that though he had filed an application on 12.02.2011, seeking his release on Furlough, yet the same has not been decided by the respondents so far. drp {2} Cri.W.P.No.437/2011 3. Learned APP has tendered a copy of the order dated 30.06.2011 by which the petitioner has been released on Furlough. In that light of the matter, therefore, the present petition has been rendered infructuous, as the application of the petitioner has been decided and he has been released on Furlough. However, before parting, we wish to express our anguish at the enormous delay in the decision of the application of the petitioner. For more than 4 months the application was kept pending and it was only thereafter that the application has been decided. We expect the authorities to expeditiously decide the applications forwarded by the prisoners seeking their release either on Parole or Furlough. 4. Since the petitioner has been released on Furlough, this petition has been rendered infructuous and accordingly, dismissed as such with no order as to costs. Fees, payable to learned counsel appointed on behalf of the petitioner, quantified at Rs.1,500/- [A.V.POTDAR, J.] [P.V.HARDAS, J.] drp/B11/cwp437-11