Criminal Misc. No.M-30508 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-30508 of 2008 Date of decision : 20.11.2008 Sukhdev Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Krishan Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. **** S. D. ANAND, J. Criminal Misc. No. 53565 of 2008 Allowed as prayed for. Criminal Misc. No.M-30508 of 2008 The plea raised by the petitioner-prisoner for his release on parole (for effecting house repair) was declined by the competent authority by observing that petitioner owns four Katcha houses and the condition of those houses is fairly good. Notice of motion. Mr. S.S.Mor, learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Needless to say, the owner of the house(petitioner-prisoner in this case) is best circumstanced to take a decision about whether the house requires repair or not. Apart therefrom, the petitioner-petitioner has placed on record panchayat nama(Annexure P-2) which indicates that the house of the petitioner-prisoner requires repair. Criminal Misc. No.M-30508 of 2008 -2- **** The petition shall stand allowed. The impugned order dated 5.3.2008 ( Annexure P/1) is set aside. The competent authority is directed to pass an order afresh within one month from today in the light of the above observations made by this Court. 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 20, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE