IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-28773 of 2008 Date of Decision: November 05, 2008 Anil Kumar … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND Present : Mr. V.S. Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. S.D. Anand, J. Crl. Misc. Nos. 50522 to 50524 of 2008 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-28773 of 2008 The grievance of the petitioner - prisoner is that his plea for grant of parole is not being forwarded by respondent No.4 – Superintendent, Central Jail, Hisar, to the Competent Authority. The petitioner – prisoner otherwise requires parole for an operation. The further apprehension of the petitioner – prisoner is that the Competent Authority may not grant the request for relese on parole in view of the fact that he is convict under NDPS Act. Notice of motion. Crl. Misc. No. M-28773 of 2008 On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S. Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Insofar as the latter apprehension is concerned, this point came up for adjudication in Criminal Writ No. 1157 of 2006 (Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto versus State of Punjab), decided on 10.08.2007. In that judgment, it was held by this Court that the Competent Authority shall not decline the parole plea just on the basis that a convict is undergoing sentence in a case under the N.D.P.S. Act. The petition otherwise shall stand disposed of with a direction to the Competent Authority to take a decision on the parole plea of the petitioner – prisoner within a period of fifteen days from today. A copy of the petition has been given to the learned State Counsel for being treated as a parole plea on behalf of the petitioner – prisoner. It is otherwise held that it was inappropriate on the part of the Superintendent Jail, Hisar, to have refrained from forwarding the parole plea of the petitioner – prisoner to the Competent Authority. 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. November 05, 2008 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2