PUNJAB STATE . vs SURINDER SINGH — C.A. No. 3567/2008

Case Summary: Punjab State v. Surinder Singh (C.A. 3567/2008) The Supreme Court allowed Punjab State's appeal, setting aside the High Court's judgment that had ordered Surinder Singh's reinstatement. Singh, a dismissed constable who was absent without leave for two years, had argued that treating his absence as "leave without pay" in the dismissal order amounted to condonation. The Court held that merely classifying unauthorized absence as leave without pay does not erase the misconduct, following established precedent that such administrative record-keeping does not regularize or condone the absence itself. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.