A.P.Chowdhri, J.

1. This criminal writ petition has been filed by 22 persons who were convicted for different offences by different Courts of the State. They are inmates of Borstal Institution, Ludhiana. They filed the present petition for issuing of an appropriate writ or direction to the jail authorities, firstly that the petitioners be given Better Class facilities and secondly, they may not be transferred to an ordinary jail from the aforesaid Borstal Institution.

2. A detailed reply has been filed on behalf of the respondents. It has been stated that on account of the training imparted and the education given to the petitioners, they had become entitled to B. Class facilities and all those facilities were being given to them. It was further stated that the age group of persons who are supposed to be kept in Borstal Institution was 16 to 21. Except petitioner at Serial No. 20, the remaining petitioners had crossed the age of 21 and were required to be transferred to other jails in accordance with the decision of the Government Annexure Rl. It was further stated that petitioner No. 13 had already been released on bail on 24.5.1989 and qua him the petition should be dispo