IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 227 of 2025 Date of Decision: 04.01.2025 Sumit Kumar Sharma ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P and ors. ....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge. Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner : Mr. Karan Kapoor, Advocate. For the Respondent s : Ms. Sharmila Patial, Additional Advocate General. Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge (oral) Notice. Ms. Sharmila Patial, learned Additional Advocate General, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. From the perusal of the record, it appears that an application dated 02.08.2024 (Annexure P-2) filed by the petitioner, for grant of parole, has not been decided by the respondents/competent authority(ies), so far. 3. Therefore, we deem it appropriate to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondents/competent authority (ies) to consider and decide the application, so filed by the petitioner, in accordance with law, as expeditiously, as possible and in any event by 15.01.2025. Ordered accordingly. (Tarlok Singh Chauhan) Judge (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 4th January, 2025 (ravinder/pathania)