1` IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal W.P.No. 8/2011 Amit Prakash Takbhaware vs. The State of Maharashtra, through the Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and another. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's or directions and Registrar's orders. Orders. Mrs. B.P.Maldhure, APP for the respondents. CORAM : MRS. V.K.TAHILRAMANI & P.B.VARALE, JJ DATE : 8.3.2011 The petitioner has preferred this petition through jail praying for grant of furlough. 2. The affidavit filed by the Inspector General of Prison (M.S.) shows that the matter is under consideration before the competent authority. In view of the reply, no further orders are necessary in relation to the prayer by grant of furlough. 3. By order dated 21.1.2011, this court noted that in many cases though the applicant is not eligible 2` for furlough the applications are processed and time of officers is lost. Moreover, since the prisoner is not correctly informed, he writes a letter to this Court and even this Court looses its valuable time. 4. In this view of the matter, this court found it necessary to direct the authorities to device a procedure where a scrutiny format should be adopted in which the entire facets of the case of the prisoner would be reflected and on bare look thereupon eligibility of the prisoner should emerge. This was with a view to avoid processing of applications of the prisoners who are not eligible for furlough. This Court also noticed cases where office of DIG Prison has returned the cases of prisoners because the entire process of calling police report etc. was undertaken in spite of the fact that the prisoner concerned was not eligible to apply. Thus, the Inspector General of Prisons, Pune was directed to place on record by way of affidavit the manner in which the procedure of scrutiny of cases calling of papers etc. can be streamlined. 3` 5. Pursuant to the direction issued by this Court, the Inspector General of Prisons, Maharashtra State, Pune has devised a format to maintain detailed data of the prisoner so that on perusal of the chart eligibility of the prisoner can be immediately ascertained and his application can be processed and dealt with without waste of time. We have perused the format, we find that the format has been prepared after much thought with great attention to relevant details. The chart would show the detailed information of the prisoner like his number, date of conviction, by which Court he was convicted, date of coming into the prison for undergoing his sentence, date of first right for claiming furlough leave, date of application for claiming furlough leave by the prisoner, next date on which right accrues to prisoner to apply for leave, date of release on furlough leave, date of surrender after enjoying furlough leave, period of extension etc... In our opinion this format would be of great help in streamlining the procedure. We expect the said format and the said procedure would be followed henceforth. The Inspector General of 4` Prisons (M.S.) to instruct the concerned officers to follow this format and procedure. 6. Writ Petition is disposed of with above directions. 7. Office to communicate this order to Inspector General of Prisons, Maharashtra State, Pune and to the petitioner, who is in Central Prison, Nagpur. JUDGE JUDGE patle