The admitted position is that the representation was received by the Government on the 28th September, 1979 and it was rejected on 3rd November, 1979, that is to say, after about one month and five days of the receipt.
CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition Criminal No.
R. Lalit and M. N. Shroff for the Respondent.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FAZAL ALI, J. This Writ Petition has been filed with a prayer that an order of detention passed against the petitioner on the 7th September, 1979, under s. 3 1 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 be quashed.
After the order was served on the detenu he made a representation on the 27th September, 1979 to the Govt.
1376 of 1979.
Under Article 32 of the Constitution .
K. Sen and Harjinder Singh for the Petitioner.
In support of the Rule Mr. A. K. Sen has raised a number of points, but in view of one of them which is to the effect that there has been an inordinate and unexplained delay on the part of the detaining authority in deciding the representation and that the detention is therefore vitiated, we need number go into the other points.
who received it on the 28th September, 1979.
