IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3230 OF 2007 Manish Vedprakash Dham ... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Ms. A. Kaushik for the applicant. Ms. V.R. Bhosale, Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. DATE : 19TH MARCH, 2009 P.C.: The application had been moved by the applicant to the State praying that his case be considered for transfer to the open jail as he has already undergone 14 years of sentence in the regular jail. 2. Certain averments have been made in the reply affidavit but it reveals from the file that the competent authority has not applied its mind and passed order dealing with the request of the applicant one way or the other. 3. In the circumstances, this application stands disposed of with a direction to the State to pass appropriate order within a period of four weeks from today and communicate the same to the applicant in jail. CHIEF JUSTICE DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.