IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.746 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 18.1.2010 Bachan Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ghulam Nabi Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner was a Constable in Punjab Police. He impugns the order dated 31.10.2005 (Annexure P-3) whereby the Senior Superintendent of Police, Tarn-Taran has dismissed him from service and which has been later on upheld by the Inspector General of Police, Border Range, Amritsar as well as the Director General of Police, Punjab, vide orders dated 01.12.2006 (Annexure P-6) and 9.8.2009 (Annexure P7) respectively. The petitioner has been dismissed from service on account of his absence from duties for approximately 146 days, two hours and 15 minutes. The impugned dismissal order reveals and is not disputed on behalf of the petitioner that he is a habitual absentee and appears to be C.W.P.No .746 of 2010 (O&M) 2 incorrigible for the reasons that earlier also, the following penalties were awarded to him:- “1. Vide order No.388-92/Steno dated 27.5.2001, he was punished for remaining absent from duty from 19.2.1998 to 21.3.1998 i.e. One month, one day, 13 hours and 20 minutes; 2. As per order No.450-54/Steno dated 28.3.2002, penalty was imposed on him for remaining absent from duty from 27.6.1998 to 12.11.1998 i.e., four months 15 days and fourteen hours; 3. As per order No.5319-23/Steno dated 27.11.2003, penalty was imposed on him for remaining absent from duty from 10.1.2001 to 6.4.2001 i.e. 87 days; 4. As per order No.5314-18/Steno dated 27.,11.2003 penalty was imposed on him for remaining absent from duty from 25.12.2002 to 25.1.2003 i.e. 31 days; 5. As per order No.4274-78/Steno dated 27.10.2004 penalty was imposed on him for remaining absent from duty from 11.2.2004 to 9.5.2004 i.e. 80 days; 6. As per order No.1732-36/Steno dated 1.4.2005, penalty was imposed on him for remaining absent from duty from 26.7.2004 to 28.8.2004.” In the light of the above noticed conduct of the petitioner, the punishment of dismissal from service imposed upon him can neither be termed excessive nor arbitrary. No case to interfere with the impugned orders by this Court is made out. Dismissed. 18-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE