Section 11(2) in Delhi Prisons (Inspection, Meetings and Duties of Officers) Rules, 1988
(2)The first duty of the Superintendent on the occasion of his visit to the jail, shall be to release time expired convicts, in accordance with the provisions of the law and these rules in that behalf, and shall in discharging this duty, in particular, observe the rules relating to the return of their private property and the grant of proper subsistence allowance to each convict.
