Judgment

B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, J.- Heard the petitioner-in-person in support of this special leave petition. We have also perused the written submissions filed by him. We find no substance in the special leave petition.

2. The special leave petition is directed against an order of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court dismissing the petitioners writ petition summarily on two grounds, viz., (1) that the petitioner had approached the From the Judgment and Order dated 16-3-1984 of the Delhi High Court in C.W.P. No. 827 of 1984 Supreme Court but his petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court on 27-11-1972 reported as Harish Uppal v. Union of India1 and (2) that his petition is highly belated. Whatever may be said about the first ground, the second a ground given by the High Court is, in our opinion, perfectly justified. It cannot be said that the High Court has exercised its discretion in an arbitrary or illegal manner. A few facts will make it clear.

3. The petitioner was commissioned in the Indian Army (Artillery Regiment) in June 1965. He was in the unit which was sent to Bangladesh in connection with military operations there in December 1971. In respect of ^ certain irregularities