KBP 1 6.cri.wp. 2994-11.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2994 OF 2011 Sherbahadur Akram Khan and ors. ..Petitioners Vs The State of Maharashtra and anr. .. Respondents -- Mr.Sushrut Jadhavar i/b.Mr.Rahul Arote, for petitioners. Ms.A.S.Pai, APP for State. -- CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE : 15 th NOVEMBER, 2011 P.C.: The relief claimed in this petition is for direction to respondent no.2 to transfer the petitioners from Aurangabad Central Prison to any other prison in Mumbai. The petitioners were free to make that representation to the appropriate Authority which could have considered the said request. 2] In the circumstances, we dispose of the petition with direction KBP 2 6.cri.wp. 2994-11.odt to respondent no.2 to treat the present petition as representation by the petitioners and consider the same on its own merits in accordance with law. 3] This direction is not expression of our opinion either way with regard to the relief claimed by the petitioners in this petition. All contentions are left open. Respondent no.2 shall communicate the decision to the petitioners, who are in jail, as expeditiously as possible, and, in any case, not later than four weeks from today. 4] Our attention was invited to the representation at exhibit B to the petition. The grievance of the petitioners is that no decision has been communicated to the petitioners so far. In view of the above, the directions issued in this order would redress that grievance of the petitioners. [R.G.KETKAR, J.] [A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.]