# Bhagat Ram vs U.P. Public Services Tribunal and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 September 2018 in Writ Petition (S/B) No. 24 of 2001 (Old No. 38017 of 2000), the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sharma, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Bhagat Ram (Constable).

- Register number: UK 07 CW 0005
- Case reference: Writ Petition (S/B) No. 24 of 2001 (Old No. 38017 of 2000) / (2018) 09 UK CK 0099
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sharma, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, JJ.), 26 September 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Bhagat Ram (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Petitioner is a member of disciplined force. As member of disciplined force, petitioner was expected to follow the rules and orders of his superior officers. Petitioner was required to report back for duties on 12.05.1989, but he did not resume …” (at para 11)
- 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/972552/bhagat-ram-appellant-hash-up-public-services-tribunal-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0014)

**Record:** CW-2018-0014 (compiler id CWC-0410); case UTTARA-007
**Title:** Bhagat Ram vs U.P. Public Services Tribunal and Others
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Rajiv Sharma; Manoj Kumar Tiwari
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (S/B) No. 24 of 2001 (Old No. 38017 of 2000) / (2018) 09 UK CK 0099
**Judgment:** 2018-09-26 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-05-12 (1989)
**Place:** Dehradun, Uttarakhand; city town: Dehradun; police station or unit: Civil Police, PS Kotwali, Dehradun; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Bhagat Ram (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the writ petition of Constable Bhagat Ram of the Dehradun Civil Police, affirming the Tribunal and upholding his dismissal for unauthorised absence beginning 12 May 1989. The Court noted he ignored suspension and a charge-sheet served at his home, never participated in the inquiry, and stood dismissed by the SP Dehradun in December 1990 with the DIG appeal failing in 1992 and the Tribunal claim in 1995. It held the inquiry finding was evidence-based, the absence till dismissal stood proved, and no interference was warranted with a disciplined force decision. Scope note: a purely internal disciplinary matter with no citizen victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Petitioner is a member of disciplined force. As member of disciplined force, petitioner was expected to follow the rules and orders of his superior officers. Petitioner was required to report back for duties on 12.05.1989, but he did not resume duties till his dismissal i.e. 31.12.1990.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/972552/bhagat-ram-appellant-hash-up-public-services-tribunal-others-respondent/)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Bhagat Ram vs U.P. Public Services Tribunal and Others
**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': '2018-09-26', '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': '(2018) 09 UK CK 0099', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/972552/bhagat-ram-appellant-hash-up-public-services-tribunal-others-respondent/', '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:** Decades-long absence litigation ends; dismissal upheld, Tribunal affirmed. No citizen victim.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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