1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 50 OF 2004 Peter Menon, presently serving sentence at Central Jail Aguada, Goa. ... Petitioner Versus 1. State of Goa thro' Chief Secretary, Panaji, Goa, 2. Inspector General of Prisons Collectorate, North Goa, Panaji, Goa, 3. The Superintendent of Prisons, Central Jail Aguada. ... Respondents. Mrs. Asha Dessai, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Mr. D. Lawande, Additional Government Advocate for the respondents. CORAM “: P. V. HARDAS & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 30 th August, 2004. ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Hardas, J.) Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being decided finally at the stage of admission. 2. We have heard Mrs. Asha Dessai, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, learned Advocate General for the respondents. The grievance of the petitioner is that his representations 2 dated 28 th November, 2002, 17 th December, 2002 and 20 th October, 2003, have not been decided. The learned Advocate General has very fairly stated that in the event these representations are not decided, the appropriate authorities would decide the representations in accordance with law within four weeks from today. In view of this, we direct the concerned authorities to decide the representations of the petitioner in accordance with law in the event they have not been decided. However, if the authorities have already decided the representations the petitioner be communicated the order passed thereon. 3. Rule made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. P. V. HARDAS, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. mc.