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He further submitted that since bail cannot be granted to the convict-petitioners, they applied for parole. Short method / indirect method by way of parole cannot be evolved because the petitioners are TADA convicts. Hence, the petitioners should not be granted parole.

In support of his submissions, he has placed reliance on the following judgments:

i) Shambhu Dayal Versus State of Rajasthan (2012) 4 WLC
233.

ii) Asfaq Versus State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2015 SCC Online Raj. 8078

There cannot be any dispute that the parole applications of the accused convicted under the TADA Act would not lie to the State Government as the power to deal with the same lies exclusively with the Competent Authority of the Government of India under the 1955 rules. The petitioners have followed this requisite procedure and their representations for parole have been rejected (supra) by the Government of India. Thus, these judgments are of no help to the respondents for opposing the prayer made in the writ petition.