IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M- 28167 of 2008 Date of decision : 31.10.2008 Gurlal .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner. S. D. ANAND, J. There is no averment in the petition itself that parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner had been declined by the competent authority. All that the petitioner-prisoner has placed on record is Annexure P-1 i.e. copy of letter addressed by the District Magistrate, Amritsar to Director General of Police, Jail Department, Punjab, Chandigarh vide which former did not recommend the release of the petitioner-prisoner on parole. Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Ms. Manjari Nehru, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The petition shall stand disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to take a decision on the pending parole plea of the petitioner-prisoner within one month from today. It will be for the State counsel to communicate the order to the competent authority. Copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of the Court Secretary. October 31, 2008 (S.D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE