1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 412 OF 2008 Beni Madho ...Petitioner Versus Union of India & Ors. ... Respondents Mr. Shyam Mehta i/by Mr. Satendra Kumar for the Petitioner Ms. Neeta Masurkar with Mr. Hariharan for the Respondents. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE: APRIL 4, 2008 P.C.:- The grievance of the petitioner is that he was wrongly not promoted in the year 2004. 2. It appears that the petitioner has been considered three times and rejected, and in terms of the rules, he could not be considered on a fourth occasion. His case is that he was not considered on second and third times on the basis of a wrong valuation. Four years have already passed, and even otherwise, it will not be for this Court to come to a conclusion about the evaluation of the merits of the petitioner. The petitioner has come to this Court after four years, and clearly, his case is hit by laches. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he was 2 making representations for all these years. He relies on Regulation No. 235 of the Regulations for the Navy (Part-I), which lays down that a complaint may be made to a higher authority, if an officer or a sailor has suffered any personal oppression, injustice or other ill-treatment, or that he has been treated unjustly. The first of the complaints made by the petitioner to his immediate superior was decided in December, 2005. 4. Now, the leaned counsel for the petitioner wants us to hold that under this Regulation, a complaint after complaint can be made till the highest authority; and when the highest authority decides the matter, then the matter can be taken to be concluded. This is a far-fetched interpretation of the Regulation. 5. It may also be pointed out that by making successive complaints till the Chief of Naval Staff, the grievance of the petitioner has been considered and rejected. 6. We, therefore, do not find merit in the petition, and it is accordingly dismissed. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.P. DESHPANDE, J.