# Pithoragarh Police Constable v. State of Uttarakhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 February 2020 in Writ Petition (S/B) No. 457 of 2016, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Ramesh Ranganathan, Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Police Line, Pithoragarh.

- Register number: UK 05 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition (S/B) No. 457 of 2016
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Ramesh Ranganathan, Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, JJ.), 14 February 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Line, Pithoragarh
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We are satisfied, in such circumstances, that the order of the Tribunal does not necessitate interference in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed.” (at para 22)
- 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/60405814/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0005)

**Record:** CW-2020-0005 (compiler id CWC-0414); case UTTARA-011
**Title:** Pithoragarh Police Constable v. State of Uttarakhand
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Ramesh Ranganathan; Ramesh Chandra Khulbe
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (S/B) No. 457 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2020-02-14 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-10-26 (2011)
**Place:** Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand; city town: Pithoragarh; police station or unit: Police Line, Pithoragarh; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Line, Pithoragarh (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, affirming the Public Services Tribunal's order upholding his dismissal from service on 4 January 2013. The Court recorded that he absented himself in three spells from 26 October 2011 totalling over a year (99, 247 and 86 days), ignoring joining notices, the preliminary-enquiry notice, the charge-sheet, inquiry notices and the show-cause notice. It held the absence was wilful and prolonged rather than of short duration, disbelieving his medical certificates. The Court found no ground for interference under Article 226 of the Constitution. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We are satisfied, in such circumstances, that the order of the Tribunal does not necessitate interference in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60405814/)
**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:** 22
**display title redacted:** Pithoragarh Police Constable v. State of Uttarakhand
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2020-02-14', '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': 'Writ Petition (S/B) No. 457 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60405814/', '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:** UHC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; constable's dismissal for prolonged wilful absence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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