# District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/wa5720210120watermark-1586475.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0016)

**Record:** CW-2020-0016 (compiler id CWC-1265); case GAP3-79-004
**Title:** District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: P. R. Ramachandra Menon; Parth Prateem Sahu
**Case number / citation:** Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020
**Judgment:** 2020-01-21 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Kanker, Chhattisgarh (district at time: Uttar Bastar Kanker); police station or unit: District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ex-Constable No. 598, District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

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.

> The writ appeal being devoid of merit, is liable to be and is hereby dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/wa5720210120watermark-1586475.pdf)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh
**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': '2020-01-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/wa5720210120watermark-1586475.pdf', '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 second marriage without government permission upheld in writ appeal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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