Explanation

Among the given options, the most appropriate representation of the reported speech is:

(C) You requested your father to grant him leave for some time.

- Option (C) accurately conveys the nature of the original sentence as a request.

- Options (A) and (B) do not align closely with the original intent of politeness and requesting leave.

- Option (D) changes the subject and the request, which does not accurately reflect the original speech.