# Kolkata Police Constable (Traffic) v. State of West Bengal

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 April 2014 in W.P.S.T. No. 143 of 2013, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Nishita Mhatre, Tapash Mookherjee, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (Traffic), Kolkata Police.

- Register number: WB 01 CW 0006
- Case reference: W.P.S.T. No. 143 of 2013 / (2014) 4 CHN 487; (2014) 04 CAL CK 0026
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Nishita Mhatre, Tapash Mookherjee, JJ.), 8 April 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (Traffic), Kolkata Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Considering the entire material on record, in our opinion, the petitioner does not deserve any sympathy, especially since he has been punished on eight occasions earlier for the similar acts of misconduct.” (at para 9)
- 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/872516/prollad-das-appellant-hash-state-of-west-bengal-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0026)

**Record:** CW-2014-0026 (compiler id CWC-1156); case GAP3-32-001
**Title:** Kolkata Police Constable (Traffic) v. State of West Bengal
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Nishita Mhatre; Tapash Mookherjee
**Case number / citation:** W.P.S.T. No. 143 of 2013 / (2014) 4 CHN 487; (2014) 04 CAL CK 0026
**Judgment:** 2014-04-08 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-05-04 (2005)
**Place:** Kolkata, West Bengal; city town: Kolkata; police station or unit: Kolkata Police (Traffic); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (Traffic), Kolkata Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. Kolkata Police traffic constable absented himself from 4 May 2005 after medical rest only until 6 May 2005, sending no intimation and evading examination by the Kolkata Police doctor while producing a private angina certificate from a consulting obstetrician and gynaecologist. An ex-parte enquiry led to his dismissal on 12 June 2007, affirmed in appeal and review and by the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal. The Calcutta High Court disbelieved the medical defence and stressed his eight prior punishments for similar misconduct. The writ petition was dismissed on 8 April 2014 with no order as to costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering the entire material on record, in our opinion, the petitioner does not deserve any sympathy, especially since he has been punished on eight occasions earlier for the similar acts of misconduct.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/872516/prollad-das-appellant-hash-state-of-west-bengal-respondent/); WBAT order dated 17 Dec 2012 in O.A. No. 661 of 2012
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Kolkata Police Constable (Traffic) v. State of West Bengal
**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': '2014-04-08', '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': '(2014) 4 CHN 487; (2014) 04 CAL CK 0026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/872516/prollad-das-appellant-hash-state-of-west-bengal-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'WBAT order dated 17 Dec 2012 in O.A. No. 661 of 2012', '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; Kolkata Police constable's dismissal for 700+ days' absence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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