Judgment

KRISHNA IYER, J.:- The appellant, an Accounts Officer compulsorily retired betimes, appearing in person, has painstakingly and proficiently presented his case which calls for mercy, if not justice. Obsession with ones own case and inability to see things in perspective are often a frailty of a party who spends the enormity and anguish of his superannuated leisure on the main pursuit of his litigative points, and this makes for prolixity and subjectivity of submissions, which are not the persuasive but the provocative part of the art of advocacy. Even so, we have listened with sympathy to the studious orality and read with patience the manuscript arguments emanating from the appellant. He was an Accounts Officer since December 30, 1961, having been so promoted and appointed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C. & AG.). The story of his career was snapped when he was compulsorily retired in the public interest on August 27, 1975 under F. R. 56 (j) (i) by the Accountant General (A. G.). Had he run his full course, his continuance until April 1980 would have been sure. Finding himself an uneasy casualty when the easy axe of F. R. 56 (j) (i) fell on him, the appell