IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. M. No.13450-M of 2010 Date of Decision:10.2.2011 Balwant Singh @ Banta .... Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana .... Respondent CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. Sidharth Sarup, D.A.G. Haryana. **** 1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? NIRMALJIT KAUR, J.(Oral) The applicant-Balwant Singh @ Banta has moved an application requesting that he may be transferred from Sirsa Jail to Hisar Jail. The said application has been taken up on judicial side and treated as criminal miscellaneous petition. Upon notice, reply has been filed on behalf of respondent-State showing that request of petitioner for transfer to another jail was not processed by the jail authority on the plea that no such application was given to jail authorities. Accordingly, vide order dated 30.8.2010, the Superintendent District Jail, Sirsa was directed to take necessary action in this regard. In pursuance to the same, the Superintendent District Jail, Sirsa, has sent case file to Director General of Prisons, Haryana, Panchkula, stating therein that they have no objection to transfer the convict Balwant Singh @ Banta from Sirsa Jail to Hisar Jail. In view of the above, the Director General of Prisons, Haryana, Crl. M. No.13450-M of 2010 -2- Panchkula, is directed to take appropriate decision, if not already taken, with respect to the request of the petitioner for sending him from Sirsa Jail to Hisar Jail within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. Disposed of accordingly. 10.2.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE