# Rajasthan Woman vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 February 2009 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 416/2009, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: H.R. Panwar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rajasthan Police.

- Register number: RJ 00 CW 0003
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 416/2009
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: H.R. Panwar, J.), 17 February 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rajasthan Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 16 of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, 1958; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the instant case, it is evident from the inquiry report that the husband of the petitioner being police constable, an employee of the respondent Police Department in Uniform repeatedly remained absent without leave voluntarily.” (at para n/a)
- 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/29647231/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0020)

**Record:** CW-2009-0020 (compiler id CWC-1085); case GAP3-121-003
**Title:** Rajasthan Woman vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jodhpur; judges: H.R. Panwar
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 416/2009
**Judgment:** 2009-02-17 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Rajasthan; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Rajasthan CCA Rules 1958 Rule 16; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rajasthan Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. The widow of police Constable, appointed in February 1976, sought quashing of his removal from service for habitual wilful absence and release of retiral benefits and family pension. The inquiry officer had found the absence charges proved, the disciplinary authority removed him in March 1993 and again in January 1996 after an appellate remand, and her review before the Governor filed in July 2007 was dismissed as time-barred. The court found he was a habitual absentee who repeatedly absented without leave, held the prescribed inquiry procedure was followed and a writ court cannot set aside a well-reasoned disciplinary order on sympathy, and held the punishment was not disproportionate. It dismissed the writ petition, leaving the removal and denial of retiral benefits intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the instant case, it is evident from the inquiry report that the husband of the petitioner being police constable, an employee of the respondent Police Department in Uniform repeatedly remained absent without leave voluntarily.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29647231/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Rajasthan Woman vs State of Rajasthan & 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': '2009-02-17', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 416/2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29647231/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** Judgment text verified; deceased constable's removal for habitual absence upheld; widow's writ dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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