( 1 ) THE above-mentioned petitioners have been convicted of offence under Section 302, Indian Penal Code (for short IPC ) in different cases and have been awarded sentence of imprisonment for life. Charanjit Lal was convicted on 10th January 1980, Sunder Lal was convicted on 12th November 1979 and Vijay Singh was convicted on 6th January 1977 They have moved these petitions through Jail complaining of refusal on the part of the Delhi Administration to grant them furlough as envisaged in letter No. F. 18/ (27)/55-Home dated 7th March 1958 of the Delhi Administration to the Inspector General of Prisons etc. The relevant provisions of the said letter are reproduced below for ready reference :

"part-1 (Parole) (Amended vide I (i) A prisoner may be released on parole for such letter No. period as the Chief Commissioner, Delhi, may order; F. 18/59/62- parole shall be admissible for :- Home dt. 16-9-63) (a) Seeing any sick or dying member of the family. (b) any other sufficient cause such as marriage of the prisoner or any other member of the family i. e. son, daughter, sister, brother etc. etc. (c) for construction of a house. (d) for repairs to a badly damaged house. For