1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Writ Petition No.493 OF 2010 Mohammad Sharif @ Badshah Shamin Khan Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mrs.Indrayani Koparkar, Advocate appointed for petitioner. Mrs.M.M.Deshmukh, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. June 10, 2010. P.C. 1. We have heard Mrs.Koparkar, the learned appointed Advocate for the petitioner, who is presently undergoing imprisonment for life. 2. He had applied for parole leave of 30 days and the same has been rejected by the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik Division by his order dated 13/1/2010. The petitioner has sought to impugn the said order. 2 3. The impugned order itself states that it is an appealable order and the appeal would lie to the State Government. We direct the appellate authority in the Ministry of Home, Government of Maharashtra to treat the petitioner’s application dated 18/1/2010 as an appeal and decide the same on its own merits as expeditiously as possible but preferably within eight weeks from today. The petition is disposed accordingly. 4. All concerned to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)