Criminal Writ Petition No. 2012 of 2011 (O&M) 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Writ Petition No. 2012 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 12.10.2011 Jugraj Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mrs. Bhupinder Pal Kaur Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Criminal Misc. No. 998 of 2011 Criminal Misc. Application is allowed. Filing of an affidavit in support of the averments made in the writ petition is dispensed with. Criminal Misc. No. 999 of 2011 Criminal Misc. Application is allowed. Filing of original copies of application (Annexure P1) and Panchayatnama (Annexure P2) is dispensed with. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2012 of 2011 Issue notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Mr. J.S. Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. A copy of the writ petition has been supplied to him. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of Criminal Writ Petition No. 2012 of 2011 (O&M) 2 the Constitution of India praying that directions be issued to the respondents to release the petitioner/convict on parole for a period of four weeks to enable him to carry out repairs of his damaged house. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has made a grievance that application dated 25.8.2011 (Annexure P1), submitted before the Superintendent, Central Jail, Amritsar, has not been lawfully dealt with and till date no decision has been taken thereon. Learned counsel for the state, after going through the contents of the writ petition, has submitted that a conscious decision, by passing a speaking order, on the application (Annexure P1), shall be taken within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in terms of the statement made by learned counsel for the respondents, the present writ petition be disposed of. Ordered accordingly. However, a copy of the order, passed on the application dated 25.8.2011 (Annexure P1), be furnished to the petitioner/convict in one week after the decision taken thereon. A copy of this order, duly attested by the Court Secretary of this Court, be furnished to Mr. J.S. Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for onward transmission and compliance. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 12, 2011 “DK”