High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPCR/520/2018disposed off

Resham Lal @ Chikhliha v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2018-09-12Hon'Ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava2 pages

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPCR No. 520 of 2018 Resham Lal @ Chikhliha S/o Shri Ram Lal Chandra Aged About 68 Years R/o Village - Nagjhar Police Station - Malkharauda, District Janjgir Chmapa Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Home ( Jail ) Department Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. The Director General Of Prisons And Correctional Services Chhattisgarh Head Quarter Prisons And Correctional Services Chhattisgarh, Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. The District Magistrate , District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh., District : JanjgirChampa, Chhattisgarh

4. The Jail Superintendent, Central Jail Bilaspur Chhattisgarh., District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioners :

Shri Rishi Rahul Soni, Advocate For State :

Shri Chandresh Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer S.B. : Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 12/09/2018 Heard.

1. The petitioner's grievance is that repeated applications and reminders for grant of parole have remained undecided. Attention of this Court is brought to the provision contained under Rule 7 of the Chhattisgarh Prisoner's Leave Rules, 1989, which reads as under : "7. The examination of request of a prisoner for leave shall be treated as urgent at all stages and orders on

-2the request shall be communicated to the prisoner expeditiously as far as possible."

2. In view of the aforesaid provision, it is obligatory on the part of the authority to decide such application of prisoners as early as possible.

3. Considering the period for which the application has remained undecided, the respondent No.3 is directed to decide the application, if not already decided, within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

4. The petition is accordingly disposed off.

Sd/-/-/-----/-/--- -- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Praveen