In Brief
A police constable promoted to Head Constable received adverse remarks in his Annual Confidential Report following departmental proceedings. After years of representations, a subordinate officer (Inspector General) expunged these remarks. The Director General of Police then issued a show-cause notice challenging the expunction and reconstructed the adverse remarks, leading to the officer's compulsory retirement at age 55. The Supreme Court held that the Director General, as the apex police authority, had the power to examine and reconstruct adverse remarks improperly expunged by a subordinate. The Court dismissed the appeal, finding the chain of events and consequential retirement not arbitrary or conscience-shocking, particularly regarding adverse entries relating to integrity in uniformed service.
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