# State of Uttaranchal and Others vs Pauri Police Constable and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 May 2010, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: J. S. Khehar, Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Police Lines, Pauri.

- Register number: UK 12 CW 0001
- Case reference: (2010) 05 UK CK 0018
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: J. S. Khehar, Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ.), 18 May 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Lines, Pauri
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Ample opportunity was given to respondent No. 2 in the disciplinary proceedings where he failed to establish his case or to justify his continued unauthorised absence for a period of 205 days. The police is a disciplined force and in …” (at 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/943219/state-of-uttaranchal-and-others-appellant-hash-the-public-services-tribunal-and-another-responde/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0004)

**Record:** CW-2010-0004 (compiler id CWC-0409); case UTTARA-006
**Title:** State of Uttaranchal and Others vs Pauri Police Constable and Another
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: J. S. Khehar; Sudhanshu Dhulia
**Case number / citation:** (2010) 05 UK CK 0018
**Judgment:** 2010-05-18 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-05-08 (1997)
**Place:** Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; city town: Pauri; police station or unit: Police Lines, Pauri; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Lines, Pauri (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Replace closing boilerplate to note respondent No.2's recorded case (heel pain, no medical evidence; condonation plea, rejected at paras 5-6). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Ample opportunity was given to respondent No. 2 in the disciplinary proceedings where he failed to establish his case or to justify his continued unauthorised absence for a period of 205 days. The police is a disciplined force and in case the charge of unauthorized absence is proved, it may invite the maximum punishment.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/943219/state-of-uttaranchal-and-others-appellant-hash-the-public-services-tribunal-and-another-responde/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** State of Uttaranchal and Others vs Pauri Police Constable and Another
**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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-05-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Uttarakhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Uttarakhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2010) 05 UK CK 0018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/943219/state-of-uttaranchal-and-others-appellant-hash-the-public-services-tribunal-and-another-responde/', '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:** State writ allowed; Tribunal order set aside; dismissal for 205-day absence restored. No citizen victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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