1 dgm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1799 OF 2010 Mr.Pankaj Vitthal Gavare .... Petitioner vs The State of Maharashtra & ors. .... Respondents None for the petitioner. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 1st July, 2010 P.C.: Heard. 2 By the impugned order dated 25.03.2010, the Divisional Commissioner, Pune Division, Pune has rejected the petitioner’s application for parole leave. Admittedly, the said order is appealable before the State Government. 3 Hence, we direct the lower appellate authority in the Ministry of Home, Government of Maharashtra to treat this writ petition as an Appeal against the order dated 25.03.2010 and decide the same as expeditiously as possible and preferably by 31.08.2010. 4 The petition is disposed off accordingly. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) ( B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)