1 22WP.2358-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2358 OF 2011 Mahesh Shankar Mhatre. ..Petitioner. Vs. The Superintendent of Jail, The Nashik Central Prison, Nashik and others. ..Respondents. .......... Ms.Sonia Ekbote, a/w. Rahul Thakur, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr.V.B. Konde-Deshmukh, A.P.P. for the Respondent - State. .......... CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR AND P. D. KODE, JJ. DATED : 08th SEPTEMBER, 2011. P.C. 1. The relief claimed in this Petition is to issue direction to respondent Nos.1 to 3 to grant benefit of Government Guidelines for remission to the petitioner who is presently in jail. We dispose of this Petition with a direction to the appropriate authority to consider the case of the petitioner in accordance with law and as per the applicable Government Guidelines. All questions in that behalf will have to be decided on its own merits. The appropriate authority shall treat this Petition as representation made by the PPD 2 22WP.2358-11 petitioner and dispose of the proposal as expeditiously as possible in any case not later than eight weeks from receipt of copy of this order either from the petitioner or Registry of this Court or office of the Public Prosecutor, High Court. 2. Writ Petition is disposed of in above terms. (P. D. KODE, J.) (A. M. KHANWILKAR, J.)