1 mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2409 OF 2011 Pandurang Dattatraya Padwal Petitioner versus The Superintendent of Jail and another Respondents Petitioner through jail. Mr.J.P.Yagnik, APP for the State. CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR AND P.D.KODE, JJ. DATE : 24th August 2011 PC : 1. This petition is received through jail. The grievance of the petitioner seems to be that although he has completed the minimum sentence period to qualify for premature release, his proposal for premature release has not been forwarded by the concerned authority to the State Government so far. 2. The petition is therefore disposed of with direction to the Superintendent of Jail, Paithan to forthwith forward the proposal of the petitioner for premature release to the competent authority for its decision thereon, if already not forwarded. In case the proposal is already forwarded by the jail authorities to the competent authority and if the same is not decided yet, the same shall be finally disposed of by the competent authority forthwith and in any case not later than eight week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order from the office Public Prosecutor or otherwise. In the event some decision is already taken by the competent authority on the proposal for premature release, the same be communicated to the petitioner immediately. 2 3. The writ petition is disposed of in above terms. A copy of this order be forwarded to the petitioner for information who is in jail. (P.D.KODE, J.) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)