2008 (8) TMI 959

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....lice by the order passed by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jhansi Range Jhansi on 19.4.1989. It is not disputed that the said order was carried out in 1989 and since then the petitioner is working in Armed Police. The present writ petition has been filed in 2008 and the petitioner has sought to explain laches of almost nineteen years by stating that in the year 2007 he made a representation t....

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....erred in the present case on 9.3.1989 by D.I.G., Jhansi Range, Jhansi. Ex facie, Regulation 525 was not attracted at all. There is no provision which provides that a person cannot be continued in armed police beyond a particular period and nothing has been placed before this Court. 4. So far as challenge to the order dated 9.3.1989 is concerned, ex facie, the petitioner is guilty of undue delay....

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....upta v. Union of India and Ors. AIR1996SC669 it was held that though there was no period of limitation provided for filing a petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India, ordinarily a writ petition should be filed within reasonable time. In K.V. Rajalakshmiah Setty v. State of Mysore [1961]3SCR652 , it was said that representation would not be adequate explanation to take care of delay. Sam....