Criminal Writ Petition No. 1730 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Writ Petition No. 1730 of 2011 Date of Decision: 29.11.2011 Deepak Kumar ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Ms. Divya Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.S.S.Chandumajra, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that the petitioner should be released on four weeks parole to enable him to carry out house repairs under Section 3(1)(d) of the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962. In response thereto, Shammi Kumar, Superintendent, Central Jail, Gurdaspur, has filed a reply by way of his affidavit, wherein it is stated that the petitioner had not applied for parole and in case he submits fresh Panchayatnama and application stating about the purpose of parole sought, his case will be initiated according to the provisions of Criminal Writ Petition No. 1730 of 2011 2 law. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that needful shall be done within two weeks from today. In case such an application, accompanied by necessary documents is filed by the petitioner in the office of Superintendent, Central Jail, Gurdaspur, the State is directed to take a decision thereupon in accordance with the provisions of law within a period of four weeks thereafter. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge November 29, 2011 “DK”