On the aforesaid facts, which we have assumed for the purpose of this petition, can it be said that the Chief Controller gave the petitioners a "reasonable opportunity of being heard " to enable them to establish that no fraud had been committed in getting the said licences ? The learned Solicitor General, appearing for the respondents, contended that the Company admitted the fraud, that their only defence was that the fraud might have been committed by reason of the Gujarati Maharashtrian and anti Muslim feeling amongst the employees of the Company and that therefore the fact that the Chief Controller told the petitioners that the issue of the licences had not been authorized by him and the fact that Mr. Sundaram told the petitioners on October 14, 1958, that the recommendations against which the disputed licences were granted to the petitioners were not genuine, were, in the circumstances, sufficient disclosure of the particulars of fraud and that, therefore, reasonable opportunity within the meaning of cl. 10 of the order had been given to the petitioners.