WP(C) 908/2008 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HN SARMA Heard Mr. AM Mazumdar, learned Sr. counsel appearing for the petitioners and Mr. N. Baruah, learned Asstt. Solicitor General of India appearing for the Union o f India. The petitioner is an existing contractor regarding supply of certain food items to the respondents/authorities. The aforesaid contract period is continuing til l 31.3.08. However, vide order dated 4.2.08 the said contract in respect of ’man go tinned fruit’ has been extended upto 30th June, 2008. The respondents/authorities has issued a show-cause notice dated 27.2.08 to t he petitioner to show cause as to why the proposed penal action should not be t aken against the petitioner. Pursuant to the said show cause notice, the petitio ner replied on 3.3.08, Annexure XV to the writ petition but till date no actio n has been taken by the authority for disposal of the same. The petitioner appr ehends that the authority in the meantime, may take certain penal action as prop osed in the said show cause notice. The aforesaid apprehension of the petitioner, in my considered opinion, cannot a ffect in the process inasmuch as the reply of the show-cause filed by the petit ioner is yet to be considered by the respondents/authorities and only on conside ration of the reply of the petitioner the authorities may take appropriate actio n or drop the allegation and hence this writ petition is considered to be a pre -matured one at this stage. Accordingly, this writ petition stands closed. However, it is expected that the authority shall dispose of the aforesaid show c ause reply submitted by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably w ithin the existing period of contract of the petitioner.