1 CRIWP717-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.717/2026 (APPARAO BAHUDURRAO GHUGE VERSUS ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, PRISONS AND CORRECTION SERVICE, MAHARASHTRA STATE & ANOTHER) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Shri P.R. Jalit, counsel for the petitioner. Mrs. Nandita Tripathi, Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents. CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND RAJ D. WAKODE , JJ. D ATE : OCTOBER 12 , 2026 . P. C. By this petition, the petitioner is seeking a limited prayer of issuance of direction to the respondent no.1 to decide and take all the appropriate steps towards deciding the application preferred by the petitioner. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that by the application dated 30.03.2026, the petitioner ha sought transfer in open prison. The said application is not still decided by the respondent no.1. 3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the application can be decided within four weeks. 4. In view of above statement, the respondent no.1 is directed to decide the application dated 30.03.2026 filed by the petitioner within four weeks from today appropriately. The writ petition is disposed of. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) APTE 2026:BHC-NAG:13714-DB Signed by: Apte Designation: Senior Pvt. Secretary Date: 13/10/2026 11:21:23