21 Jan 2020
Order issued
ConcludedThe Chhattisgarh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020
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CW-2020-0016Kanker, ChhattisgarhJudgment 21 January 2020
District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh
The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Constable applied to add his second wife and minor child as nominees in his service record, admitting he contracted a second marriage during the subsistence of the first without prior government permission. A charge-sheet issued under the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1965, the enquiry found misconduct under Rule 22(1), and he was removed from service; the appeal, mercy appeal and writ petition all failed. The Division Bench held Rule 22(1) categorically requires prior permission, and the first wife's consent and voluntary disclosure do not lessen the gravity given the greater responsibility on uniformed personnel. It found the punishment not disproportionate and dismissed the writ appeal.
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By judgment dated 21 January 2020 in Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: P. R. Ramachandra Menon, Parth Prateem Sahu, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ex-Constable No. 598, District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker.
- Register number
- CG 19 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020
- Court and date
- Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: P. R. Ramachandra Menon, Parth Prateem Sahu, JJ.), 21 January 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Ex-Constable No. 598, District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker
- 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)
- “The writ appeal being devoid of merit, is liable to be and is hereby dismissed.” (at para 14)
- 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.
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“The writ appeal being devoid of merit, is liable to be and is hereby dismissed.” (para 14)
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19 Sep 2026
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