1 crwp2141-10 agk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2141 OF 2010 Shankar Ram Mhatre ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Another ..Respondents. Mr.N.N. Gavankar with Mr.Arfan Sait for the petitioner. Mr.K.V. Saste, APP for the State. CORAM : A.M. Khanwilkar, & U.D. Salvi, JJ. DATE : 9th September 2010. P.C. : 1. The only grievance made before this Court is that the appropriate authority has committed manifest error in not reckoning the furlough period availed by the petitioner, which is the mandate of Rule 16 of the Rules of 1959. Learned APP in all fairness submits that the appropriate authority will reconsider the said aspect and take fresh decision in the matter in accordance with law. 2. Going by Rule 16 of the Rules of 1959, it is more than clear that the furlough period of initial 14 days is required to be reckoned for the purpose of remission of sentence. As per the proviso to Rule 16, only 2 crwp2141-10 extended furlough period is to be excluded for such purpose of computing the remission of sentence. 3. In the present case, it appears that even the initial period of 14 days which was the period provided in the original furlough order has also been excluded by the authority. In the circumstances, we dispose of this petition with direction to the appropriate authority to reconsider the case of the petitioner afresh on its own merits and pass order as expeditiously as possible and in any case not later than three weeks from today. 4. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (U.D. Salvi, J.) (A.M. Khanwilkar, J.)