IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Writ Petition No. 709 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 23, 2011. Sachin Sharma ......... Petitioner Versus. State of Punjab and others ....... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. JEYAPAUL. Present:- Mr. Ajay Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioner, who is undergoing 12 years rigorous imprisonment for offence committed by him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and at present is confined in Central Jail, Patiala, has filed this petition for grant of parole for a period of four weeks on the ground of meeting his old and ailing parents and to arrange his sister's marriage. It is the case of the petitioner that he applied for grant of parole on the ground to take care of his old parents and to arrange the marriage of his sister. It is further the case of the petitioner that in this connection he has moved an application before the concerned authority and till date no final order has been passed on his application and communicated to him. Though, according to his information, the District Magistrate, Saharanpur (UP), has not recommended his case for grant of parole. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessarily delay the matter, we dispose of this petition with a direction to respondents No. 5 and 6 to finally decide the application moved by the petitioner for grant of parole on the aforesaid ground within a period of ten days. If that application has already been decided then copy of the said order be communicated to the petitioner within ten days. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE (M. JEYAPAUL) JUDGE March 23, 2011. sjks.