Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 22: In a landmark judgment, High Court today held that police being a disciplined force cannot afford to tolerate an officer or official who shall be a source of total indiscipline.
These observations were made by Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir while dismissing a petition filed by a cop namely Bashir Ahmed Bhat seeking reinstatement 10-years after his ouster for unauthorized absence from duty. “Even indiscipline has its own limits,” Justice Mir added.
Bashir Ahmed Bhat seeking quashment of the order of discharge from service on November 19, 2001, was working as Selection Grade Constable. For being habitual absentee, he was given seven major and four minor punishments.
“The petitioner has not reformed himself despite opportunities having been given to him. Firstly, in the year 1997, he had been discharged from service in view of his unauthorized absence and overstayal from leave but later on he was reinstated”, High Court observed, adding “that occasion was an enough warning to him to reform himself so as to become a good police official but he has repeated his approach of absenteeism from time to time forcing the authorities to initiate three enquiries for different spells of absence”.
“He has not been able to project any plausible cause for the period of absence which in turn would suggest that perhaps he was not interested in working in the Police Department,” the High Court further observed, adding “the authorities have been kind enough to him from time to time but he has not responded in an appropriate manner instead has chosen to repeat the approach of absenteeism, forcing the authorities to discharge him from service”.
“The approach of petitioner by no means appears to be befitting to the disciplined force. Such type of casual approach by no means could be accepted by the authorities,” the High Court added.
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