1 wp3183.10 ast IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3183 OF 2010 Firoz Hassanali Rupani. ....Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & ors. ....Respondents Mr. K.M.Sanghani, advocate for petitioner. Mr. J.P.Yagnik, APP for State. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR AND P.D.KODE, JJ. DATED:- OCTOBER 28, 2010. P.C. 1. Not on board. Upon production taken on board. 2. By this Petition, it is prayed that the Petitioner be granted parole leave to enable him to attend his ailing mother, who is aged about 85 years. The Petitioner ought to have made such application to the appropriate authority in the first place. Nevertheless, we direct the appropriate authority to treat the present petition as application for grant of parole leave made by the Petitioner and to process the same in accordance with law and take final decision thereon as expeditiously as possible, in any case, not later than two weeks from today. 3. We make it clear that this observation is not an expression of opinion that 2 wp3183.10 the Petitioner is eligible for grant of parole leave. That request will be considered on its own merits in accordance with law. We have not examined the contention as to whether the request of the Petitioner can be entertained being convict for offence under NDPS Act. 4. All concerned to act on authenticated copy of this order. (P.D.KODE, J.) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)