1 wp.1976-2011 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1976 OF 2011 Yatendrasingh Ajassingh Chauhan ..Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. ----- Mr. Murtaza Nazmi, for the Petitioner. Dr. F.R. Shaikh, APP for the State. ---- CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D. SALVI, JJ. AUGUST 08, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. Nazmi, the learned appointed Advocate. 2. The petitioner’s application for parole leave was rejected by the competent authority i.e. Divisional Commissioner and being aggrieved by the same, he has submitted an appeal to the State Government. However, the said appeal is pending for the last more than eight months. 2 wp.1976-2011 3. In case the petitioner’s appeal is pending before the Appellate Authority, we direct that the same be decided on its own merits, as expeditiously as possible, and preferably by 31st August, 2011. 4. The Petition is disposed in terms of the above direction. (U.D. SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)