HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITON No.26158 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as Field Assistant for Koiladinna Village, Vaddepalli Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The Mandal Parishad Development Officer, the 2nd respondent herein, removed the petitioner from service through proceedings, dated 27-02- 2008, on the ground that the District Collector directed her through proceedings, dated 30-11-2007, to remove the petitioner from service. Three allegations were mentioned in the order. The petitioner challenges the said order. 2. The petitioner contends that neither any show cause notice was issued to him nor any proceedings were initiated. It is also stated that the order through which the District Collector directed the 2nd respondent was also not served upon him. The petitioner further submits that he has been going to various authorities under the Scheme and that they have promised to examine the matter, but nothing had taken place so far. 3. Heard the leaned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. 4. The impugned order is brief in its content. It just refers to the direction, said to have been issued by the District Water Management Agency to remove the Field Assistants, who are guilty of mis- appropriation as per social audit report and a direction said to have issued by the District Collector through proceedings, dated 30-11- 2007. It was mentioned that the Branch Post Master of the Village has stated that he took a sum of Rs.1,500/- from the coolies and handed over the same to the petitioner. Another allegation is that the petitioner entered the names of his family members in the musters, and the third allegation is that though Smt.Jayamma W/o. Pedda Ramulu, did not work, her name was included in the musters. In respect of none of these allegations, the petitioner was issued any show cause notice at any point of time, much less any enquiry was conducted. The impugned order is violative of principles of natural justice on the face of it. Hence, the same is liable to be set aside. However, the petitioner can be re-appointed, if only the post is still vacant and this Court cannot annul any other appointment, since the petitioner approached this Court three years after his removal. 5. Hence, the Writ Petition is partly allowed setting aside the impugned order. So far as the reinstatement of the petitioner is concerned, it is directed that he shall be entitled to be reinstated if only no Field Assistant is appointed for Koiladinna Village, Vaddepalli Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District, by now or if the post is otherwise vacant. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J September 19, 2011. KTL