# Calcutta Police Constable v. State of West Bengal & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 February 2012 in W.P.S.T. No. 21 of 2012, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, Nishita Mhatre, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Calcutta Police.

- Register number: WB 01 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.S.T. No. 21 of 2012
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, Nishita Mhatre, JJ.), 8 February 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Calcutta Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Regulation of Calcutta 1968 Chap 19 Reg 11 of the Police Regulations
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We find no merit in the writ application and the same, thus, stands dismissed without any order as to costs.” (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/81310704/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0025)

**Record:** CW-2012-0025 (compiler id CWC-1158); case GAP3-32-003
**Title:** Calcutta Police Constable v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Subhro Kamal Mukherjee; Nishita Mhatre
**Case number / citation:** W.P.S.T. No. 21 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2012-02-08 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Kolkata, West Bengal; city town: Kolkata; police station or unit: Calcutta Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Police Regulations of Calcutta 1968 Chap 19 Reg 11
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Calcutta Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Calcutta Police constable had at least 31 punishments, mostly for habitual unauthorised absence, before a disciplinary proceeding found him guilty and recommended dismissal. His departmental appeal was dismissed as time-barred with no explanation for delay, and the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal held the punishment not disproportionate given his past conduct. The Calcutta High Court noted he had remained absent throughout the proceedings without cooperating and endorsed the Tribunal's proportionality view. The writ application was dismissed on 8 February 2012 with no order as to costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We find no merit in the writ application and the same, thus, stands dismissed without any order as to costs.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/81310704/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e4ad4a93261aa7947d7c); WBAT order dated 4 Dec 2009 in O.A. No. 335 of 2005
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Calcutta Police Constable v. State of West Bengal & 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': '2012-02-08', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P.S.T. No. 21 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/81310704/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e4ad4a93261aa7947d7c', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'WBAT order dated 4 Dec 2009 in O.A. No. 335 of 2005', '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 judgment text verified (Indian Kanoon); dismissal of habitual-absentee constable upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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