Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987

The respondent, a member of the Railway Protection Force, was charged under Rule 153 of the RPF Rules, 1987 for five counts of misconduct. An enquiry found all charges proved and the disciplinary authority removed him from service. The respondent challenged the removal in the appellate and revisional authorities withou…

The respondent, a Head Constable of the Railway Protection Force, was dismissed under Rule 161 of the RPF Rules, 1987 on the allegation of colluding in a theft of stamp papers worth about Rs 1 crore. The dismissal was effected without conducting a disciplinary inquiry and the order did not record any reasons for dispen…

The case concerned a Sub‑Inspector of the Railway Protection Force, Rajendra Kumar Dubey, who was compulsorily retired on 5 December 2007 for gross neglect of duty relating to theft of railway property. Dubey challenged the retirement in a writ petition, and the Bombay High Court set aside the order, reinstating him wi…

The respondent was appointed as a probationary constable in the Railway Protection Force in 1993 and filled an attestation form stating he had no criminal cases. Verification later revealed pending FIRs under Sections 376 and 417 of the IPC, which the respondent had omitted. The Chief Security Officer terminated his se…

The appellant, Pawan Kumar, was selected as a constable in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) but was discharged during training for allegedly suppressing information about a criminal case in his attestation form. The FIR registered against him was later found to be false and he was acquitted, yet the employer claimed …