Criminal Misc. No.M-17176 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-17176 of 2008 Date of decision : 21.10.2008 Amar Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr.A.S.Trikha, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Manjari Nehru, Deputy Advocate General,Punjab for the respondents. S. D. ANAND, J. The petitioner-prisoner (a convict under the NDPS Act) was declined parole on an averment that he does not own a house wherein repairs could be got made. The petitioner has placed on record Annexure P-1, a copy of allotment letter dated 16.2.2000 vide which a 60 meter plot was allotted to him by the Estate Officer, HUDA, Fatehabad. The petitioner-prisoner wants to raise construction on that plot. Panchayatnama (Annexure P-3) also certifies that the family of the petitioner-prisoner is living in the rented accommodation and he wants to construct a house. If the petitioner-prisoner owns a plot and he applies for the grant of parole for reasonable period in order to able to make arrangement for the construction of a residential house to lodge his spouse and other dependent members of his family, no exception can possibly be taken to it. The competent authority could limit the period of parole to a reasonable Criminal Misc. No.M-17176 of 2008 -2- **** length of time. A prisoner cannot be allowed to raise a plea for being on parole for a long period of time or till the construction is over. He could apply for being let off on parole to enable him to make arrangement in the context of raising of construction of house. After the needful is done, the prisoner must go back to jail. In the circumstances of the case, the petition shall stand allowed. 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 21, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE