1 wp3559.10.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Writ Petition No. 3559 of 2010 Santosh R. Haldankar ..Petitioner v/s. The State of Maharashtra & ors. ..Respondents Mr. N.N. Gavankar i/b. Arfan Sait – advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.S. Gadkari – APP for the State. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR & A.P. BHANGALE, JJ DATED :- DECEMBER 13, 2010. P.C. Not on Board. Upon production taken on Board. The principal grievance of the Petitioner is that although he has filed Appeal against the order refusing to grant extension of parole period, more than eight months have elapsed, no decision has been taken by the Appellate Authority. In the light of this grievance, we dispose of the Petition by 2 wp3559.10.sxw directing the Appellate Authority to expeditiously dispose of the Appeal, preferably within four weeks from today, if already not disposed of and communicate the order to the Petitioner within the same time. (A.P.BHANGALE, J) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J)