-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.7257 OF 2008 Mrs.Kavita J. Thakur : Petitioner V/s. Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. & Anr. : Respondents ... Mr.Ramesh Ramamurthy for the petitioner. Ms Kiran Bhagalia for the respondents. ... CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J.& S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : DECEMBER 5, 2008. P.C. 1. The learned counsel for the petitioner primarily contends that the impugned order of termination is bad for the reason that despite serving a show cause notice, the respondents did not wait for the reply and passed the order of termination in undue haste. According to him, it is an apparent violation of the principles of natural justice and, therefore, any other dispute could be raised which will be putting the petitioner to an unnecessary prolonged litigation. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the respondents, however, disputes this fact and submits that within the -: 2 :- prescribed time, no reply was filed and, therefore, the respondents authorities passed appropriate order. However, without prejudice to their rights and contentions, the learned counsel states, upon instructions from Mr.Anil Patil, Law Officer, who is present in Court, that they would grant one week’s time from today to the petitioner to file reply to the show cause notice and if such a reply is filed, a fresh order would be passed and until then, the order impugned in the Writ Petition shall be kept in abeyance. She further states that if reply is not filed within one week from today, then the order challeged in this petition shall stand revived automatically. In the event the reply to the show cause notice is found to be satisfactory by the concerned authorities, needless to state that the order will stand revoked or a fresh order may be passed by the respondents, in accordance with law. In the event of default by the petitioner, the benefit accruing from this order shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. 3. With the aforesaid observations, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE -: 3 :- S.A. BOBDE, J.