The city government was asked by the Delhi high court on Wednesday to file a response on a plea of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, serving 10-year jail term in a teachers’ recruitment scam, seeking 60-day parole for medical treatment.
The court issued notice to the Delhi government and asked for its reply to Chautala’s plea by January 4, the next date of hearing. The Aam Aadmi Party government, however, opposed the plea.
On August 3, Chautala and his son Ajay Singh Chautala’s appeal against the high court verdict was dismissed by the Supreme Court, saying the order was a “reasoned one.”
The apex court had said that the convicts could approach the high court with their pleas seeking relief like parole on health grounds. Chautala, his son and three others are serving 10-year jail terms in the case.
The former Haryana CM has sought parole for 60 days for getting treatment for his polio-affected legs. The plea stated that on September 8, Chautala had moved an application for grant of parole to Tihar superintendent on medical grounds.
“On October 20, the home department of the Delhi government informed him that his plea for parole was dismissed, keeping in mind the 2010 parole guidelines, as per which there should be a gap of a minimum six months from the date of termination of last parole,” the plea said.
The petition also said that the INLD leader had last availed one-month parole in May this year, which was later extended.
