IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Writ Petition. No.131 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: 20.01.2011 Krishan @ Kala ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Rahul Deswal, Advocate, for the petitioner. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) Counsel heard. Notice of motion. Ms. Latika Rao, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of respondents - State. By this petition, petitioner has urged that his case for temporary release for agricultural operation is pending with the Commissioner, Rohtak since November 2nd, 2010 and the same has not been decided as on date. State of Haryana vide circular dated April 7th, 1999 has fixed time limit for processing the request for parole/furlough contemplating that a request of parole should be processed by District Magistrate within 21 days, Superintendent of Jail within 5 days and Director General of Police within 10 days in case temporary release is sought under Section 3 (1)(c) of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988. It was also observed by a Division Bench of this Court in Varun alias Gullu vs. State of Haryana and others in Criminal Misc. No. M-34013 of 2009 decided on April 26 th , 2010 that request for parole/furlough should be strictly followed by the competent authority within the time limit fixed by the State of Haryana vide circular dated April 7th, 1999. In view of above, the Commissioner, Rohtak is directed to decide the case of the petitioner for release on parole in accordance with law within two days of the receipt of this order. 20.01.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE