# Surender Kumar vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 July 2005 in CW No. 10451 of 2004, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Mukundakam Sharma, Sanjiv Khanna, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Surender Kumar (Constable).

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0012
- Case reference: CW No. 10451 of 2004 / (2005) 123 DLT 185 : (2005) 83 DRJ 703
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Mukundakam Sharma, Sanjiv Khanna, JJ.), 25 July 2005
- Officer(s) at the material time: Surender Kumar (Constable)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 23 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978; Rule 24 of the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is quite clear that the petitioner is a habitual absentee of incorrigible type.” (at para 13)
- 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/914874/surender-kumar-vs-commissioner-of-police-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2005-0014)

**Record:** CW-2005-0014 (compiler id CWC-0788); case GAP2-18-005
**Title:** Surender Kumar vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Mukundakam Sharma; Sanjiv Khanna
**Case number / citation:** CW No. 10451 of 2004 / (2005) 123 DLT 185 : (2005) 83 DRJ 703
**Judgment:** 2005-07-25 (2005, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Delhi Police Act 1978 s.23; Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980 r.24
**Officers (gated display forms):** Surender Kumar (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police constable Surender Kumar and upheld his removal from service for habitual unauthorised absence, holding it proved that he absented himself on five occasions between June 1997 and June 1999 totalling 137 days, on top of 34 earlier absences that had drawn warnings and censure. The Court rejected his illness plea, noting he produced no medical certificates for four of the five spells and did not respond to directions to report for medical examination. It held judicial review of the quantum of punishment is extremely limited, that removal was not ex-facie disproportionate, and described him as a habitual absentee of incorrigible type in a disciplined force. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is quite clear that the petitioner is a habitual absentee of incorrigible type.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/914874/surender-kumar-vs-commissioner-of-police-and-others/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/678626/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/702126/surender-kumar-vs-commissioner-police-ors)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Surender Kumar vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.
**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': '2005-07-25', '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': '(2005) 123 DLT 185 : (2005) 83 DRJ 703', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/914874/surender-kumar-vs-commissioner-of-police-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/678626/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/702126/surender-kumar-vs-commissioner-police-ors', '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 upheld removal of constable for 137 days' absence over five spells; internal-discipline matter.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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