But the High Court accepting the explanation given by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Jaisalmer in his additional affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents spumed that plea observing: "In the present case as from the facts mentioned in the additional affidavit and referred to above, it cannot be said that there was undue lethargy or indifference." 835 Under Ground No. (d) of paragraph 16 of the Special Leave Petition, a contention is raised with regard to the delay of disposal of the representation stating that "the extraordinary delay of 27 days in consideration of representation of the petitioner is sought to be explained by mere ipso dixit of the detaining authorities who merely rest content with the skeletal chronology of days taken allegedly by several authorities with copies of unexplained silence about why actually several days as alleged by au thorities were taken to process and consider the representa tion of petitioner.