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16. These are the different interpretations as made on applicability of sub-rule (C) and its proviso as inserted in Rule 19(1) of the 1959 Rules. We may at the outset note that the parole and furlough Rules are part of the penal and prison system. It is well settled that parole cannot be claimed as a matter of right (See: Prahalad Dnyanoba Gajbhiye versus State Of Maharashtra 1996(1)BomCR 522). In this context it would be imperative to note the observations as made by My Lord the Chief Justice in his concurring opinion in the decision of the Division Bench in the case of National Alliance for People's Movements (supra). His Lordship observed that the parole being a right traceable to statutory rule was an unacceptable proposition. It was observed that there is no right or entitlement that a jail inmate may claim to seek temporary release during the pandemic as if it was flowing either from Part III of the Constitution or any other statute. It was observed that the release for temporary period under parole was in the nature of special privilege and in the present circumstances conferred as also recognized under order dated 23 March 2020 of the Supreme Court (supra). His Lordship in paragraph 2.9 of the judgment observed thus:-