# Datia Police Constable No. 492 vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 April 2019 in WP 5587 of 2009(S), the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: G. S. Ahluwalia, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable No. 492, 29th Battalion, Special Armed Forces, Datia.

- Register number: MP 32 CW 0002
- Case reference: WP 5587 of 2009(S)
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: G. S. Ahluwalia, J.), 25 April 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable No. 492, 29th Battalion, Special Armed Forces, Datia
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “this Court is of the considered opinion that the order of removal from service cannot be said to be disproportionate to the misconduct committed by the petitioner.” (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/20085548/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0028)

**Record:** CW-2019-0028 (compiler id CWC-1263); case GAP3-79-002
**Title:** Datia Police Constable No. 492 vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: G. S. Ahluwalia
**Case number / citation:** WP 5587 of 2009(S)
**Judgment:** 2019-04-25 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-06-10 (2000)
**Place:** Datia, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Datia; police station or unit: 29th Battalion, Special Armed Forces, Datia; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable No. 492, 29th Battalion, Special Armed Forces, Datia (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Constable of the 29th Battalion SAF, Datia, overstayed sanctioned leave from 10 June 2000 and reported back only on 16 April 2001, a 310-day unauthorised absence, with ten prior punishments for similar absences. After a departmental enquiry found both charges proved, the Commandant removed him from service on 30 June 2001 and the appeal was dismissed on limitation. The court held the petitioner showed no prejudice from the presiding officer also acting as presenting officer, so the enquiry stood. It held removal proportionate to admitted habitual misconduct and dismissed the petition on merits and on delay and laches. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> this Court is of the considered opinion that the order of removal from service cannot be said to be disproportionate to the misconduct committed by the petitioner.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/20085548/)
**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:** Datia Police Constable No. 492 vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**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': '2019-04-25', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'WP 5587 of 2009(S)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/20085548/', '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:** Removal for 310-day unauthorised absence with habitual record upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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