IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP No.1399 of 2010 Date of decision: 30.11.2010 Charanjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.VK Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.KD Sachdeva, Addl.AG, Punjab *** Ram Chand Gupta, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed by petitioner Charanjit Singh under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in nature of habeas corpus for holding that he has been illegally deprived of the benefits of premature release under the Government Policy dated 12.12.1985 Annexure P-2. Reply on behalf of the respondent-State has already been filed. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. It has been stated in the reply filed on behalf of the respondent- State that the case of the petitioner for premature release had already been initiated by the Superintendent Jail vide letter No.4723 dated 24.9.2010. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the same has not been decided so far. CRWP No.1399 of 2010 -2- The present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the premature release case of the petitioner, which had already been initiated by the Superintendent Jail vide letter No.4723 dated 24.9.2010 within two months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. November 30, 2010 (RAM CHAND GUPTA) gsv JUDGE