having taken note of the same, would impress upon their respective clients i.e. the respective States or Union Territories (hereinafter referred to as ‘UT’) to act with diligence. Ex consequenti, we direct that appropriate response(s) shall be filed by way of additional affidavits personally affirmed by the Chief Secretary of the State/UT concerned, at least a week before the next date of hearing, of course, with advance copies to the AC. 37. In addition to specific directions issued to certain States, it is categorically indicated that pending approval(s), be it for sanction of projects or identification of suitable land, the same be proceeded with and brought to their logical conclusion by the States/UTs within a period of ten weeks, reckoned from today. 38. Few learned counsel have requested that the Court may specify some common/ uniform parameters for States/UTs to create facilities in prisons. This suggestion is mer- ited. To begin with, specifications/parameters for jails may