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It is contended that wife of the petitioner has to undergo surgery on 17.10.2017 and there is nobody to look after her except the petitioner, who is lodged in jail as a convict; the petitioner had submitted an application to Superintendent Jail, Gurugram for grant of parole but his such request was declined for the reason that he is covered under the category of hardcore prisoners in terms of para 2(AA)(i)(1) of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Rules-2013 since he had been sentenced under Sections 364, 302, 392, 201, 34 IPC and that as per 1 of 3 Haryana Good Conduct (Temporary Release) Amended Rules - 2015, the convict has to complete 05 years, i.e. 02 years as under trial period and 03 years after conviction and thereafter he can be considered for parole. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the incident relates to year 1994 and the petitioner was convicted vide judgement dated 06.02.2002 and that rules quoted by the Superintendent jail were formulated later to passing of the judgment relating to the petitioner and these Rules / Policy do not have retrospective application. In support of his contention he has referred to citation of Division Bench of this Court Jagpreet Singh @ Preet vs. State of Haryana and others, CRWP-427-2015 decided on 14.07.2015 in that regard.