# Delhi Traffic Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 March 2017 in W.P.(C) 717/2017, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Sanjiv Khanna, Chander Shekhar, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Delhi Traffic Police.

- Register number: DL 00 CW 0028
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 717/2017
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Sanjiv Khanna, Chander Shekhar, JJ.), 16 March 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Delhi Traffic Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980; the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the factual matrix of the present case, we are satisfied that the order of the Tribunal is just and fair. This is a case of wilful unauthorised absence not for a small period, but for over 4 years and …” (at para 7)
- 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/124454578/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0018)

**Record:** CW-2017-0018 (compiler id CWC-1188); case GAP3-42-003
**Title:** Delhi Traffic Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Sanjiv Khanna; Chander Shekhar
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 717/2017
**Judgment:** 2017-03-16 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-07-04 (2004)
**Place:** Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: Delhi Traffic Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980; CCS (Leave) Rules 1972
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Delhi Traffic Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Delhi High Court (Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar, JJ.) on 16 March 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Traffic Police Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded his wilful unauthorised absence from 4 July 2004 to 25 February 2009, over four years and seven months at one stretch, compounded by a false written statement about resuming duty and three past absences. It held the Central Administrative Tribunal's order dismissing his challenge was just and fair. The Disciplinary Authority had dismissed him on 23 April 2010 for grave misconduct rendering him unfit for police service. This is an internal-discipline case with no civilian victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the factual matrix of the present case, we are satisfied that the order of the Tribunal is just and fair. This is a case of wilful unauthorised absence not for a small period, but for over 4 years and 7 months at one stretch and thereafter again for the period from 6 th April, 2009 till the order of dismissal was passed on 23rd April, 2010.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124454578/)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Delhi Traffic Police Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & 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': '2017-03-16', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P.(C) 717/2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/124454578/', '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:** Dismissal of traffic constable for 4.5-year wilful absence upheld; no civilian victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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