JUDGMENT

Special leave granted.

Pandharinath Laxman Waringe has been detained, by an order dated April 3, 1992, under S. 3(2) of he National Security Act, 1980 with a view to preventing him from acting in any prejudicial to the maintenance o public order. His wife Smt. Panna challenged the detention order by way of a writ petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of before the Bombay High Court A on Bench of the High Court dismissed the writ petition by its judgment dated July 1992. This appeal by way of special leave against the judgment of the High Court.

2. The detention order is founded on four incidents which took place between June 2, 1990 and September 13, 1991. The detention order was served on the detenu on April 3, 1992 itself. The counsel for the detenu challenged the order of detention, before us, on the following grounds :-

(1) There was inordinate delay in considering the represent on of the detenu by the Central Government and as such the detenu was denied the under Art. 22(5) of the Constitution. According to the learned counsel the representation was submitted on April 24, 1992 and the rejection was communicated to him on June 15, 1992. The contention is that there