Absent, Not Absconding: Rajasthan High Court Holds That Illness-Driven Absence Cannot Cost a Government Servant His Job — Even After Death

 

A widow's decade-long legal battle ends with the Court holding that "unauthorized absence" is not the same as "willful absence," and that denial of an enquiry report is fatal to a dismissal order.

Case Snapshot

Particular	Detail
Case title	Heera Mani vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr.
Case number	D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 1349/2011
Court	High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jodhpur
Bench	Hon'ble Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Hon'ble Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur
Date of judgment	16.09.2026
Citation	[2026:RJ-JD:44608-DB]
Order under appeal	Judgment dated 11.12.2008 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2021/2001

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Background: A Constable, Tuberculosis, and Six Charges

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