Once Mr. X, a dreaded terrorist responsible for murder of a number of innocent people, has been convicted, with death penalty, and this order has been upheld by the Supreme Court. The terrorist has appealed to the President of India for pardon as the Indian Constitution has vested the power of waiving death penalty to the President. There is a clamour in the media that X should be hanged quickly. There is lot of expenditure associated with maintaining tight security for such a convict. Assuming that you are the Home Secretary who normally forwards such petitions for consideration of the President of India, which of the following course of action would you have taken in the context of media concerns?