spb/- 1 wp1156-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1156 OF 2011 Balu Govind Kharat ... Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. --- Mr. D.G.Khamkar for the Petitioner. Ms. S.V. Gajare, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : P. V. HARDAS & M.N.GILANI,JJ. DATE : 03rd MAY, 2011. P.C. 1 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 This is a petition at the behest of of the petitioner, who claims to have completed 14 years of the actual imprisonment. He further claims that his proposal for premature release is pending consideration with the respondent authorities. Since the petitioner has completed 14 years of actual imprisonment, the question about the premature release of the petitioner, certainly is an issue which the respondent ought to have decided as expeditiously as possible. 3 In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to allow this spb/- 2 wp1156-11.sxw petition by directing the respondent to decide the proposal of the petitioner, if pending for premature release, in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from today. 4 Accordingly, the Rule is made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. [M.N.GILANI,J.] [P.V. HARDAS, J.] .....