# Government of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. vs Shamshabad Police Head Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 January 2006 in Civil Appeal No. 1318 of 2005, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: H.K. Sema, A.R. Lakshmanan, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Shamshabad Police Station.

- Register number: TG 07 CW 0002
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 1318 of 2005 / (2006) 2 SCC 373; AIR 2006 SC 1214
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: H.K. Sema, A.R. Lakshmanan, JJ.), 31 January 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Shamshabad Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We entirely agree with the inquiry officer that the charges are serious in nature, being committed by a member of Disciplinary Force, who deserved stringent punishment. To instill the confidence of the public in the Establishment, the only appropriate punishment …” (at para 15)
- 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)](http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1584936/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0018)

**Record:** CW-2006-0018 (compiler id CWC-0924); case GAP2-58-003
**Title:** Government of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. vs Shamshabad Police Head Constable
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: H.K. Sema; A.R. Lakshmanan
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 1318 of 2005 / (2006) 2 SCC 373; AIR 2006 SC 1214
**Judgment:** 2006-01-31 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-03-01 (2000)
**Place:** Ranga Reddy, Telangana; city town: Shamshabad; police station or unit: Shamshabad Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Shamshabad Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. Head Constable of Shamshabad Police Station was on bandobast duty at the Oracle office in Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad, during the March 2000 US Presidential visit when he was alleged to have removed a CCTV lens from the office ceiling. The Court recorded that electrician G. Sridhar saw the removal on the monitor, confronted him, and the lens was recovered, leading to a DSP-led disciplinary inquiry and dismissal in September 2000, confirmed on departmental appeal and by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal. The Andhra Pradesh High Court had quashed the dismissal and ordered reinstatement with full back wages. The Supreme Court held the High Court exceeded Article 226 review by re-appreciating inquiry evidence like an appellate authority, allowed the State appeal, and restored the dismissal without back wages.

> We entirely agree with the inquiry officer that the charges are serious in nature, being committed by a member of Disciplinary Force, who deserved stringent punishment. To instill the confidence of the public in the Establishment, the only appropriate punishment in such cases is dismissal from service, which has been correctly awarded.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1584936/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/658563/govt-of-ap-and-others-vs-mohd-narsullah-khan/)
**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:** 15
**display title redacted:** Government of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. vs Shamshabad Police Head Constable
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2006-01-31', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2006) 2 SCC 373; AIR 2006 SC 1214', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1584936/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/658563/govt-of-ap-and-others-vs-mohd-narsullah-khan/', '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:** SC restored dismissal of head constable for theft on duty; site now in Telangana (Andhra Pradesh at the time).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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