1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 244 OF 2011 (Amol Prabhakar Tayade vs. State of Maharashtra) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mrs. S.P. Kulkarni, Advocate holding for Ms. U.K. Kalsi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. Ketki Joshi, APP for the respondent. ….. CORAM : MRS. V.K. TAHILRAMANI & M.L. TAHALIYANI, JJ. APRIL 08, 2011. Heard Mrs. Kulkarni, Advocate holding for Ms. Kalsi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Joshi, learned APP for the respondent. The petitioner has prayed for parole on the ground of marriage of his sister, which is to take place on 30th April 2011. It is noticed that the petitioner has directly approached this Court. The proper procedure when a prisoner is seeking parole, is to prefer an application through the Prison authorities to the Competent Authority for grant of parole. That has not been done in this case. Another factor in this case is that the petitioner is lodged in the Prison at Dhule, which falls in the jurisdiction of the Aurangabad Bench of the High 2 Court. In view of the above facts, we are not inclined to entertain this petition. Hence, the petition is rejected. Needless to say that the petitioner is at liberty to approach the Prison authority or the appropriate Bench of the High Court. JUDGE JUDGE *GS.