1 cri-wp-2139-11.doc pdp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2139 OF 2011 Amol Ramchandra Pawar .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr. Hitesh P. Shah for petitioner. Mr. A.S. Gadkari, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U.D.SALVI, JJ. August 04, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Gadkari, the learned APP, appears for the State of Maharashtra. 2. The petitioner is undergoing life sentence and he had submitted an application on 1/9/2010 for parole leave, but the same came to be rejected on 29/1/2011. Against the said order passed by the 2 cri-wp-2139-11.doc Divisional Commissioner, Nashik Division, Nashik, an appeal has been filed before the State Government and the limited grievance raised in this petition is that the said appeal has not been decided during the last three months. 3. As the appeal is pending before the State Government, the petitioner’s challenge to the order dated 29/1/2011 need not be looked into at this stage and the only relief that could be granted is to direct the State Government to decide the pending appeal within a fixed period. 4. We, therefore, direct that the petitioner’s pending appeal be heard and decided on its own merits preferably before 31st August, 2011. 5. The petition is disposed off in terms of the above direction. (U.D.SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)