1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.929 OF 2010 Dayaram s/o Morsingh Bhavre, Age 33 years, Occu.Prisoner, C.No.4292, R/o District Open Jail, Paithan, Taluka Paithan, District Aurangabad .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra through Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, 2. The Deputy Inspector General (Prison), (Central Prison, Aurangabad) 3. The Superintendent of Jail, District Open Jail, Paithan ..Respondents Ms. Rashmi P. Gour, Advocate (appointed) for the petitioner Mr. B.V.Wagh, Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondents CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. POTDAR, JJ. DATE : 20th October 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V.HARDAS, J.) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The grievance of the petitioner in this petition apparently is that the application submitted by the petitioner seeking his release on furlough 2 though filed in April 2010 is still pending. In that light of the matter, therefore, we consider it appropriate to decide this petition finally at the stage of admission. We have heard Ms.Rashmi Gaur, learned Counsel appointed on behalf of the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondents. 3. In the light of the pendency of the application, therefore, we allow this petition and direct that the application of the petitioner seeking his release on furlough, if pending, be decided, in accordance with law, within four weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the eptitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. ( A.V. POTDAR, J.) ( P.V. HARDAS, J.) (vvr/929.10criwp)