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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7146/2003 Harbajan Singh S/o Shri Poonam Singh, aged 42 years, Presently Posted at IG Office, R/O Street No.1, Ambedkar Colony, Fatehpuria (II) Beawar ----Petitioner Versus Superintendent of Police, District Ajmer, Ajmer.

----Respondent For Petitioner : Mr. Sunil Samdaria Advocate.

For Respondent : Mr. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Additional Government Counsel HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

JUDGMENT

RESERVED ON :: 07.08.2025 PRONOUNCED ON :: 14.08.2025

1. The matter at hand is one of uncommon factual contour and legal complexity. It revolves around a set of circumstances, both peculiar and legally significant.

2. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India assails the penultimate part of the operative paragraph of order dated 10.10.2003 (Annexure-3) passed by the Disciplinary Authority, to the extent that the period during which the petitioner remained in judicial custody from 21.8.2000 to 01.08.2002 shall be treated as period of absence and shall be regularised as leave without pay. The petitioner has sought indulgence of this court with following prayer:

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