IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 28799 of 2008 Date of Decision: November 05, 2008 Manjoor Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana. … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present: Mr. V.K. Jindal, Advocate, for the petitioner. S.D. Anand, J. Crl. Misc. Nos. 50584 & 50585 of 2008 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-28799 of 2008 Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S. Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the State. In the context of the plea raised by the petitioner for his premature release on the premise that he has undergone the required period of actual sentence and also the total period of sentence under the policy prevalent on the date of conviction, the learned State counsel states at the bar that the premature release case of the petitioner shall be disposed of by the Competent Crl. Misc. No. M-28799 of 2008 Authority in the light of verdict rendered by the Apex Court in State of Haryana vs. Mahender Singh, 2007 (4) RCR Criminal, 915, and a judgment rendered by this Court in Crl. Misc. No. 12868-M of 2003, Jiya Lal vs. State of Haryana and others, decided on 28.07.2006, within 15 days from today. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petition may be disposed of in the light of the statement at the bar made by the learned State counsel. The petition shall stand disposed of accordingly with a direction to the Competent Authority to dispose of the premature release case of the petitioner in the light of Mahender Singh’s case (supra) within a fortnight from today. November 05, 2008 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2