IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD. SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION No 171 of 2000 For Approval and Signature : Hon'ble MR. JUSTICE S.K.KESHOTE ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the Judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether Their Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the Judgment ? 4. Whether this case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India, 1950 of any Order made thereunder? 5. Whether it is to be circulated to the Civil Judge? -------------------------------------------------------- JADEJA TUGAJI VELAJI VERSUS STATE OF GUJARAT -------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: None present for the Petitioners MS HARSHA DEVANI, APP, for Respondents -------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR JUSTICE S.K. KESHOTE Date of Decision : 01/03/2000 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. Rule. Ms. Harsha Devani, A.P.P. waives service of rule on behalf of the respondents. 2. The petitioners are praying for parole leave of 15 days on their personal bond as the marriage of the daughter and son of the petitioner No.1 are fixed on 3rd March and 9th March, 2000 respectively. The petitioner No.2 is the uncle of the petitioner No.1. 3. It is the contention of the petitioners that they filed an application before the authority concerned well in advance but on the said application, the authority has not passed any order till date. 4. This is really shocking that the authority is not taking such applications expeditiously. Whether parole leave has to be granted or not that is a different matter but when the application has been filed the authority concerned has to decide the same expeditiously. That precisely has not been done in this case. 5. The counsel for the respondents states that the authority will decide this application today. In view of this statement, now nothing survives in this special criminal application and the same is dismissed. Rule discharged. However, the authority is directed to pass a reasoned order where the application of the petitioners or either of the petitioners is not granted. Liberty is granted to the petitioners or either of the petitioners for revival of this special criminal application in case of difficulty. ********** zgs/-