# State Reserve Police Armed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 February 2008 in Special Civil Application (challenging dismissal order dated 08.04.1993; appeal 27.07.1993; revision 11.01.1994), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Anant S. Dave, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Armed Police Constable, State Reserve Police Force, Cadre No. 10, Ukai.

- Register number: GJ 06 CW 0006
- Case reference: Special Civil Application (challenging dismissal order dated 08.04.1993; appeal 27.07.1993; revision 11.01.1994)
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Anant S. Dave, J.), 8 February 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Armed Police Constable, State Reserve Police Force, Cadre No. 10, Ukai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 14 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On the contrary, the misconduct on the part of the petitioner of remaining absent from duty at a highly sensitive point situated in communally surcharged area of Vadodara City is grave in nature and cannot be pardoned.” (at para para 5)
- 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/837172/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0016)

**Record:** CW-2008-0016 (compiler id CWC-1206); case GAP3-48-003
**Title:** State Reserve Police Armed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Anr.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Anant S. Dave
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application (challenging dismissal order dated 08.04.1993; appeal 27.07.1993; revision 11.01.1994)
**Judgment:** 2008-02-08 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-09-14 (1990)
**Place:** Vadodara, Gujarat; city town: Vadodara; police station or unit: Wadi Police Station area, Vadodara (riot-duty point near Ranavav Masjid); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.226; Constitution Art.14
**Officers (gated display forms):** Armed Police Constable, State Reserve Police Force, Cadre No. 10, Ukai (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Gujarat High Court (Anant S. Dave, J.) on 8 February 2008 rejected the Article 226 petition of Armed Police Constable (SRPF Cadre 10, Ukai) and upheld his dismissal dated 8 April 1993. A departmental enquiry with three witnesses had proved that on 14 September 1990, during communally surcharged conditions in Vadodara, he left a sensitive riot-duty point near Ranavav Masjid in the Wadi Police Station area from 20:15 hrs without his superior's permission. The court held the enquiry followed the rules, noted nine prior unauthorised absences between 1984 and 1990, and held dismissal proportionate since even brief dereliction at such a point could trigger an uncontrollable law-and-order situation. No civilian victim is involved; this is a duty-desertion dismissal upheld on judicial review. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On the contrary, the misconduct on the part of the petitioner of remaining absent from duty at a highly sensitive point situated in communally surcharged area of Vadodara City is grave in nature and cannot be pardoned.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/837172/)
**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:** para 5
**display title redacted:** State Reserve Police Armed Police Constable vs State of Gujarat & Anr.
**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': '2008-02-08', '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': 'Special Civil Application (challenging dismissal order dated 08.04.1993; appeal 27.07.1993; revision 11.01.1994)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/837172/', '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:** SRPF dismissal for deserting riot-duty point upheld; duty desertion, no civilian victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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