# New Delhi Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 September 2023 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18980/2017, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, 12th Battalion RAC (IR), C Company, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

- Register number: RJ 00 CW 0009
- Case reference: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18980/2017 / \[2023:RJ-JP:23836\]; 2023 SCC OnLine Raj 1949
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J.), 20 September 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, 12th Battalion RAC (IR), C Company, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 16 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958; Rule 4(iv) of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1971
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court finds that the Authorities have not committed an error in initiating the enquiry against the petitioner and passing the order by imposing punishment of dismissal from service.” (at para 96)
- 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/122829080/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0053)

**Record:** CW-2023-0053 (compiler id CWC-1091); case GAP3-125-001
**Title:** New Delhi Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: Ashok Kumar Gaur
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18980/2017 / \[2023:RJ-JP:23836\]; 2023 SCC OnLine Raj 1949
**Judgment:** 2023-09-20 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-09-14 (2007)
**Place:** Rajasthan; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: 12th Battalion RAC (IR), Chanakyapuri, New Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 Rule 16; Rajasthan Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1971 Rule 4(iv)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, 12th Battalion RAC (IR), C Company, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable of the 12th Battalion RAC (IR) at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, was charge-sheeted in September 2007 for indiscipline and leading an immoral life, namely maintaining an illicit relationship despite being married with children and neglecting his family. The court recorded that he did not appear before the inquiry officer, filed no response to the inquiry report, was dismissed in March 2008, and his departmental appeal and review were rejected in 2009 and 2017. The court held codified conduct rules barring an immoral life cannot be tested against mythology or foreign custom, found no infirmity in the inquiry or dismissal, and dismissed the writ. An intra-court appeal (D.B. SAW/916/2023) is noted on the judgment memo. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court finds that the Authorities have not committed an error in initiating the enquiry against the petitioner and passing the order by imposing punishment of dismissal from service.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/122829080/); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/09/27/rajasthan-hc-government-servant-uphold-high-conduct-of-rules-private-and-public-life-legal-news/)
**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:** 96
**display title redacted:** New Delhi Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan 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': '2023-09-20', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '\[2023:RJ-JP:23836\]; 2023 SCC OnLine Raj 1949', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/122829080/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/09/27/rajasthan-hc-government-servant-uphold-high-conduct-of-rules-private-and-public-life-legal-news/', '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:** Judgment text verified; RAC constable dismissal for conduct-rule misconduct upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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