# K. Kumaradoss vs The Principal Secretary to Government and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 June 2022 in W.P. No. 2507 of 2015, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. M. Subramaniam, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the K. Kumaradoss (Special Sub-Inspector).

- Register number: TN 01 CW 0022
- Case reference: W.P. No. 2507 of 2015 / 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 267
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: S. M. Subramaniam, J.), 21 June 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: K. Kumaradoss (Special Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Perusal of the entire findings of the enquiry officer in his report, it is clear that the allegation of receiving mamool by the police officials are established.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld.
- 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/38483876/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0011)

**Record:** CW-2022-0011 (compiler id CWC-0541); case SWEXTORT-004
**Title:** K. Kumaradoss vs The Principal Secretary to Government and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: S. M. Subramaniam
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 2507 of 2015 / 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 267
**Judgment:** 2022-06-21 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Chennai, Tamil Nadu; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** K. Kumaradoss (Special Sub-Inspector) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chennai resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The Madras High Court (Justice S. M. Subramaniam) dismissed the writ petition of retired Special Sub-Inspector K. Kumaradoss, upholding the major penalty of pay reduction by three stages for three years with cumulative effect for receiving mamool of Rs 50 twice a week from a bunk-shop owner near a TASMAC shop. The Court held the departmental enquiry's finding of proved corruption charges suffered no perversity and the punishment was not disproportionate. It directed registration of criminal cases wherever mamool receipt by police officials is traced. The appeal and review against the penalty had already failed.

> Perusal of the entire findings of the enquiry officer in his report, it is clear that the allegation of receiving mamool by the police officials are established.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/38483876/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madras-high-court-police-officials-receiving-mamool-order-of-punishment-upheld-202303)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** K. Kumaradoss vs The Principal Secretary to Government and Others
**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': '2022-06-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 267', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/38483876/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madras-high-court-police-officials-receiving-mamool-order-of-punishment-upheld-202303', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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 upheld major penalty for proved mamool receipts; directed criminal cases.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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