20 Aug 1986
Order issued
ConcludedThe Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: I.L.R. Punjab and Haryana (1987)2
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CW-1986-0002Patiala, PunjabJudgment 20 August 1986
State of Punjab and Others v. Punjab Police Constable
The Punjab and Haryana High Court sustained the dismissal of Punjab Police constable of Patiala, who had been dismissed on 1 April 1981 by the Additional Superintendent of Police after a departmental enquiry found wilful absence without permission in order to avoid a Refresher Course. The court held the Additional Superintendent of Police has concurrent powers with the Superintendent of Police under s.7 of the Police Act, 1861, so the order was passed by the competent authority. Noting the constable had earned six punishments in ten years of service and was recorded as incorrigible, the court held the punishment called for no interference. It set aside the lower appellate decree that had quashed the dismissal and dismissed the constable's suit; a pure service matter with no citizen victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 20 August 1986 in Regular Second Appeal No. 3336 of 1985, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: S. S. Sodhi, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Punjab Police, Patiala.
- Register number
- PB 11 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Regular Second Appeal No. 3336 of 1985 / I.L.R. Punjab and Haryana (1987)2
- Court and date
- Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: S. S. Sodhi, J.), 20 August 1986
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, Punjab Police, Patiala
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Police Act, 1861
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The impugned order of dismissal thus suffers from no infirmity and in this view of the matter, the judgment and decree of the lower appellate court is hereby set aside and the suit of the plaintiff-[name withheld] is hereby dismissed.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 20 August 1986 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“The impugned order of dismissal thus suffers from no infirmity and in this view of the matter, the judgment and decree of the lower appellate court is hereby set aside and the suit of the plaintiff-[name withheld] is hereby dismissed.” (para 7)
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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