CW-2011-0046GujaratJudgment 12 December 2011

[name withheld] vs District Superintendent of Police & Ors.

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. Armed Constable remained absent without leave from 26 March to 1 April 2002, immediately after the Godhra riots when police bandobast was in force, adding to repeated absences since September 2000 and prior fines. He filed no reply to the October 2002 charge-sheet, the inquiry proved the charges on evidence, and he was dismissed, which the appellate authority confirmed. The Single Judge upheld the dismissal, and the Division Bench agreed the inquiry was fair and absence during communal-riot duty was gross misconduct by a member of a disciplined force. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 12 December 2011 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 1721 of 2011 in Special Civil Application No. 22358 of 2006, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: V.M. Sahai, A.J. Desai, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Armed Police Constable.

Register number
GJ 00 CW 0006
Case reference
Letters Patent Appeal No. 1721 of 2011 in Special Civil Application No. 22358 of 2006
Court and date
Gujarat High Court (Coram: V.M. Sahai, A.J. Desai, JJ.), 12 December 2011
Officer(s) at the material time
Armed Police Constable
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“At that time, the appellant remained absent without informing the higher authority, and in view of such conduct of the appellant we are of the view that the order passed by the Inquiry Officer dismissing the appellant from the service …” (at para n/a)
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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The Gujarat High Court judgment dated 12 December 2011 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“At that time, the appellant remained absent without informing the higher authority, and in view of such conduct of the appellant we are of the view that the order passed by the Inquiry Officer dismissing the appellant from the service …” (para n/a)

Institutional response

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12 Dec 2011

Order issued

Concluded
Gujarat High Court External · Binding

The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.

Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: Letters Patent Appeal No. 1721 of 2011 in Special Civil Application No. 22358 of 2006
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