Criminal Misc. No.M- 28205 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M- 28205 of 2008 Date of decision : 31.10.2008 Gurdial .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: None for the petitioner. S. D. ANAND, J. The parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner was declined by the competent authority vide order dated 18.9.2008 (Annexure P-3) by observing that petitioner-prisoner having availed of parole once in the current year for attending the marriage of his sister, is not eligible for parole for the second time. 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 respondents. As none has appeared on behalf of the petitioner, the Registry shall provide a copy alongwith its enclosures of the Criminal Misc. Petition to the learned State Counsel. The learned State counsel is not in a position to contest that a prisoner can be considered for release on parole twice in a year. That being so, the impugned order deserves invalidation and it is so ordered accordingly. Criminal Misc. No.M- 28205 of 2008 -2- **** The petition shall stand disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to pass an order within one month from today in the light of the above observations made by this Court. 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