Criminal Misc. No.M-24575 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-24575 of 2008 Date of decision : 23.10.2008 Sher Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Surender Deswal,Advocate for Mr. Hariom Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.S.S.Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent. S. D. ANAND, J. The agriculture parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner was declined by the competent authority on a finding that agricultural holding in the name of the petitioner-prisoner had already been given on Batai. At the time of motion hearing, there was an averment on behalf of the petitioner-prisoner that the factual premise quoted by the competent authority is incorrect. The impugned order does not indicate on what basis that finding had been recorded. The name of the person, to whom land had been given on Batai has also not been given. Though the grant of parole is not a right vested in a prisoner, it also cannot be said that a parole plea can be declined on the basis of a vague finding. The principle of transparency validates the view that the authority competent to consider the request of a prisoner under incarceration must announce to the applicant the reasons for disallowance thereof. The impugned order deserves invalidation as it fails the test of Criminal Misc. No.M-24575 of 2008 -2- **** being self-contained and transparent. The petition shall stand allowed accordingly. The impugned order is set aside. The competent authority is directed to pass an order afresh 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 23, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE