# Punjab Police Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR) vs The State of Punjab and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 May 1993 in Civil Writ Petition No. 10190 of 1988, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: R.K. Nehru, G.R. Majithia, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR), Ferozepur, Punjab Police.

- Register number: PB 05 CW 0003
- Case reference: Civil Writ Petition No. 10190 of 1988 / (1993) 105 PLR 117
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: R.K. Nehru, G.R. Majithia, JJ.), 20 May 1993
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR), Ferozepur, Punjab Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 227 of the Constitution of India; Rule 16.2(1) of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934
- Finding of the Court (extract): “His absence from duty continuously for 5 months and 5 days was not an isolated Act. There had been repeated acts of remaining absent from duty for which he has been awarded punishment and the past record was taken into …” (at para 8)
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/136911/karnail-singh-ex-constable-appellant-hash-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0009)

**Record:** CW-1993-0009 (compiler id CWC-0888); case GAP2-49-003
**Title:** Punjab Police Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR) vs The State of Punjab and Another
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: R.K. Nehru; G.R. Majithia
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Petition No. 10190 of 1988 / (1993) 105 PLR 117
**Judgment:** 1993-05-20 (1993, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1986-08-22 (1986)
**Place:** Ferozepur, Punjab; city town: Ferozepur; police station or unit: Ferozepur (SSP Ferozepur establishment), Punjab Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 227; Punjab Police Rules 1934 r.16.2(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR), Ferozepur, Punjab Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Constable (No. 1119/FZR) of the Punjab Police was dismissed by the SSP Ferozepur on 18 August 1987 after a departmental enquiry proved his absence without leave for 5 months and 5 days (22 August 1986 to 2 March 1987), and his appeal was rejected by the DIG on 30 December 1987. He challenged both orders under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution. The Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court held that he had remained habitually absent despite eight prior punishments, that the past record was rightly considered in awarding dismissal, and that the action suffered from no infirmity. The writ petition was dismissed with no order as to costs, leaving the dismissal intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> His absence from duty continuously for 5 months and 5 days was not an isolated Act. There had been repeated acts of remaining absent from duty for which he has been awarded punishment and the past record was taken into account while awarding punishment of dismissal from service. On the facts of the instant case, we do not find that the action of the respondents suffers from any infirmity.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/136911/karnail-singh-ex-constable-appellant-hash-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 8
**display title redacted:** Punjab Police Ex-Constable (No. 1119/FZR) vs The State of Punjab and Another
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1993-05-20', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(1993) 105 PLR 117', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/136911/karnail-singh-ex-constable-appellant-hash-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Writ dismissed; dismissal for 5-month-5-day habitual absence upheld — disciplinary_upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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