# \[name withheld\] vs P.K. Menon or his Successor-in-Office

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 January 2002 in Special Civil Application No. 6711 of 1989, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Sharad D. Dave, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Group Centre, CRPF, Gandhinagar.

- Register number: GJ 18 CW 0001
- Case reference: Special Civil Application No. 6711 of 1989 / (2002)2GLR1126
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Sharad D. Dave, J.), 15 January 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Group Centre, CRPF, Gandhinagar
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 10(m) of the CRPF Act; Section 10(n) of the CRPF Act; Section 12(1) of the CRPF Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “If the appellant was not keeping good health, he should have taken sick leave and should remain in the hospital. Later on, by not accepting the suspension order, he has committed grave misconduct.” (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/1798477/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0017)

**Record:** CW-2002-0017 (compiler id CWC-1202); case GAP3-47-003
**Title:** \[name withheld\] vs P.K. Menon or his Successor-in-Office
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Sharad D. Dave
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application No. 6711 of 1989 / (2002)2GLR1126
**Judgment:** 2002-01-15 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1988-04-04 (1988)
**Place:** Gandhinagar, Gujarat; city town: Gandhinagar; police station or unit: Group Centre, CRPF, Gandhinagar; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CRPF Act s.10(m); CRPF Act s.10(n); CRPF Act s.12(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Group Centre, CRPF, Gandhinagar (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Gujarat High Court (Sharad D. Dave, J.) on 15 January 2002 rejected the writ petition of CRPF Constable and confirmed his dismissal from service ordered on 20 April 1988. He had pleaded guilty before the Assistant Commandant-cum-Judicial Magistrate to absence without leave in April 1988 and refusal to accept a suspension order, was convicted under Sections 10(m)/(n) of the CRPF Act and sentenced to 7 days rigorous imprisonment, then dismissed under Section 12(1). The court held no separate departmental inquiry was required where dismissal follows conviction, termed refusal of the suspension order grave misconduct, and declined to treat dismissal as disproportionate given armed-force discipline. No civilian victim is involved; this is an internal-indiscipline dismissal upheld on judicial review. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> If the appellant was not keeping good health, he should have taken sick leave and should remain in the hospital. Later on, by not accepting the suspension order, he has committed grave misconduct.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1798477/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/452162/jivan-ganpati-appellant-hash-pk-menon-or-his-successor-in-office-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:** \[name withheld\] vs P.K. Menon or his Successor-in-Office
**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': '2002-01-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2002)2GLR1126', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1798477/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/452162/jivan-ganpati-appellant-hash-pk-menon-or-his-successor-in-office-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:** CRPF dismissal for absence/refusal of suspension order upheld; internal indiscipline, no civilian victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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