# State of Kerala v. Mannar Police Police Constable (No. 4799)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 January 2019 in OP(KAT) No. 110 of 2018, the Kerala High Court (Coram: C.T. Ravikumar, V.G. Arun, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable (No. 4799), Mannar Police Station, Alappuzha.

- Register number: KL 04 CW 0004
- Case reference: OP(KAT) No. 110 of 2018 / AIRONLINE 2019 KER 18
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: C.T. Ravikumar, V.G. Arun, JJ.), 22 January 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable (No. 4799), Mannar Police Station, Alappuzha
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, as far as the first charge is concerned there is clear, cogent and unchallenged evidence to the effect that the first respondent was on unauthorised absence, at least from 3.7.2006.” (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://indiankanoon.org/doc/74225397/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0023)

**Record:** CW-2019-0023 (compiler id CWC-1238); case GAP3-70-001
**Title:** State of Kerala v. Mannar Police Police Constable (No. 4799)
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: C.T. Ravikumar; V.G. Arun
**Case number / citation:** OP(KAT) No. 110 of 2018 / AIRONLINE 2019 KER 18
**Judgment:** 2019-01-22 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-01-26 (2006)
**Place:** Alappuzha, Kerala; city town: Mannar; police station or unit: Mannar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable (No. 4799), Mannar Police Station, Alappuzha (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Kerala High Court (Division Bench) allowed the State's petition against a Kerala Administrative Tribunal order and restored the removal from service of ex-Police Constable. 4799 \[name withheld\] of Mannar Police Station, Alappuzha. The Court held the charge of unauthorised absence from duty from 26 January 2006 proved by uncontroverted General Diary evidence, with medical certificates covering only seven days and no leave applications in proper form. It held the second charge of private business while absent unproved, but sufficient that the first charge sustained the penalty. It rejected parity with co-delinquents on delay and laches and held the officer, as a member of a disciplined force, ineligible for leniency. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Therefore, as far as the first charge is concerned there is clear, cogent and unchallenged evidence to the effect that the first respondent was on unauthorised absence, at least from 3.7.2006.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/74225397/)
**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:** State of Kerala v. Mannar Police Police Constable (No. 4799)
**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': '2019-01-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2019 KER 18', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/74225397/', '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 restored removal from service for proved unauthorised absence; disciplinary penalty upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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