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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 5903

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ANIL K.NARENDRAN, MURALEE KRISHNA S., JJ
JOY P.A – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.JINSON OUSEPH, SMT.CHITRA VIJAYAN, SHRI.BASIL MECHERY
For the Respondents: SMT.PRINCY XAVIER, SR.G.P.

Table of Content
1. origin of appellant's employment and medical leave issues. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. tribunal's response to the petitioner's claims against disciplinary actions. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. examination of legal standards for disciplinary authority's decisions and absence proof necessity. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 17)
4. nature of high court's review under article 227 regarding disciplinary actions. (Para 13)
5. final dismissal of the original petition. (Para 18)

JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The applicant in O.A.No.53 of 2019 on the file of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram (the ‘Tribunal’ for short), filed this original petition, invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India , challenging the order dated 28.10.2024 passed by the Tribunal in that original application.

2. Going by the averments in the original application, the petitioner was enlisted into service as a Police Constable of the Kerala Armed Police Battalion V (KAP V) on 01.02.1993 through the Kerala Public Service Commission. The petitioner suffered swelling and pain in his both knee joints which rendered him incapable of performing his offic

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