1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICMTURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Criminal Writ Petition No. 631 of 2008 Sanjay v. State of Maharashtra and anr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Ms T. Udeshi, Advocate for petitioner. Mr D.P. Thakare, APP for respondents. Coram : D.D. Sinha and A.P. Bhangale, JJ Dated : 21st October 2008 1. Heard Ms T. Udeshi, learned counsel for petitioner and Mr D.P. Thakare, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for respondents. 2. Petitioner had applied for parole leave through proper channel on 8.8.2007, however, the Competent Authority rejected the prayer of the petitioner for grant of parole leave by the impugned order dated 14.3.2008. As per the reply filed by the State, the impugned order came to be passed due inadvertence by the Competent Authority on the application for grant of parole leave made by the brother of the petitioner who is also undergoing sentence and, therefore, obviously the impugned 2 order cannot be sustained so far as the petitioner is concerned. 3. Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor does not dispute the factual aspect of the matter and has submitted that the Competent Authority has received police verification report in case of the petitioner and the application of petitioner for grant of parole shall be decided within a period of one week. 4. We have time and again directed the Superintendent of Prisons as well as Competent Authority to decide the applications submitted by prisoners for grant of parole/furlough leave within a reasonable period. However, on many occasions we have come across that there is unjustified delay in disposing of such applications. We deprecate this practice. We want to express that no sooner the application of any prisoner is received by the Superintendent of Prisons for grant of parole/furlough leave, he must process the same in accordance with law at the earliest and must forward it to the Competent Authority for necessary orders. Similarly, we expect the police authorities to conclude the verification proceedings at the earliest and should submit police verification report to the Competent Authority who is also expected to take decision without lapse of time. We hope and trust that in future all the Authorities concerned shall take effective steps to dispose of the applications submitted for prisoners for grant of parole/furlough. 5. In the present case, in view of the statement made by 3 learned Addl. Public Prosecutor that the application of the petitioner shall be decided within a period of one week, no further direction is necessary. Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. Judge. Judge. hsjoshi