1 8 wp.2734.10 ndm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2734 OF 2010 Ashok Janu Thalekar. ... Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. ... Respondents ----- None for the Petitioner. Mr. K.V.Saste, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR and P.D. KODE, JJ. DATE : 27 th September, 2010. P.C. This petition is received through jail. The principal grievance of the Petitioner is that his application for furlough leave filed on 15 th April, 2010 has not been decided so far by the appropriate authority. The learned APP submits that the decision could not be taken for want of report from the local police station. We direct the appropriate authority to ensure that the furlough leave application preferred by the applicant be decided as expeditiously as possible and in any case not later than six weeks from today. Implicit in this direction is that the local police station shall extend necessary cooperation for early disposal of the furlough leave application by submitting its report to the appropriate authority 2 8 wp.2734.10 forthwith. The petition is disposed of on the above terms leaving all questions regarding the prayer for release on furlough leave, open to be considered on its own merits in accordance with law. 2 Copy of this order be forwarded to the Petitioner who is in jail, forthwith. [ P.D. KODE, J ] [ A.M. KHANWILKAR, J ]