IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M- 28193 of 2008 Date of decision : 31.10.2008 Hansraj .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. D.N.Ganeriwala, Advocate for the petitioner. S. D. ANAND, J. The only grievance of the petitioner is that his plea for release on parole is lying undisposed of. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S. Mor, learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the State. The petition shall stand disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to take a decision on the pending parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner within one month from today. However, the parole plea may not be declined on the ground that petitioner-prisoner is a convicted under the NDPS Act. The view that a petitioner-prisoner undergoing imprisonment on conviction for smuggling of narcotic substances cannot be released on parole had already been negatived by a judgment rendered by this Court in Criminal Writ No. 1157 of 2006 (Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto Vs. State of Punjab) decided on 10.8.2007. It will be for the State counsel to communicate the order to the competent authority. Copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of the Court Secretary. October 31, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE