# Deputy Commissioner of Police vs Jorawar Singh and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 April 2000 in C.W.P. No. 2611 of 1999, the Delhi High Court (Coram: R.S. Sodhi, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Jorawar Singh (Constable).

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0007
- Case reference: C.W.P. No. 2611 of 1999 / 2000 (iv) AD (Delhi) 873
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: R.S. Sodhi, J.), 7 April 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Jorawar Singh (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The order of the Tribunal dated 22nd January, 1999 in O.A. No. 901 of 1995 is set aside. The writ petition is allowed and the Rule made absolute.” (at para 17)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/1458205/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0013)

**Record:** CW-2000-0013 (compiler id CWC-0783); case GAP2-17-004
**Title:** Deputy Commissioner of Police vs Jorawar Singh and Another
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: R.S. Sodhi
**Case number / citation:** C.W.P. No. 2611 of 1999 / 2000 (iv) AD (Delhi) 873
**Judgment:** 2000-04-07 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: 9th Battalion, Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Jorawar Singh (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court allowed the department's writ petition and restored the dismissal of Delhi Police constable Jorawar Singh, who had been dismissed on 29 April 1993 for habitual unauthorised absence after pleading guilty at the departmental enquiry. The Court held that the Supreme Court's decision in State of M.P. vs Harihar Gopal still held the field, that the two-Judge decision in Bakshish Singh was per incuriam on this point, and that treating the absence period as leave without pay was only for maintaining a correct service record and did not obliterate the dismissal. It found the termination suffered from no illegality, set aside the Central Administrative Tribunal's order dated 22 January 1999 which had quashed the dismissal, and made the Rule absolute. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The order of the Tribunal dated 22nd January, 1999 in O.A. No. 901 of 1995 is set aside. The writ petition is allowed and the Rule made absolute.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1458205/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/920882/deputy-commissioner-of-police-appellant-hash-jorawar-singh-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:** 17
**display title redacted:** Deputy Commissioner of Police vs Jorawar Singh 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': '2000-04-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2000 (iv) AD (Delhi) 873', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1458205/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/920882/deputy-commissioner-of-police-appellant-hash-jorawar-singh-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:** HC restored constable's dismissal for habitual absence; internal-discipline matter, no civilian victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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