CWP No. 3495 of 2008 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 3495 of 2008 Date of Decision: 4.9.2008 Bharat Vikas Sangh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri J.S. Dahiya, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri S.K. Hooda, Senior DAG, Haryana. Ms. K.K. Kahlon, Advocate, for Union of India. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? HEMANT GUPTA, J. The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order dated 18.5.2007 passed by the Director-cum-Special Secretary, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Haryana, whereby the petitioner and some other Non Governmental Organisations were blacklisted. It is the case of the petitioner that such order has been passed against the petitioner without giving any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and, thus, the said order is violative of the principles of the natural justice. Reliance is placed upon an order passed on 12.02.2008 in CWP No. 10995 of 2007 (Adarsh Gram Udhyog Samiti, Rasina v. State of Haryana and others) filed by another Non Governmental Organisation i.e. Adarsh Garm Udhyog Samiti, Rasina, which was blacklisted along with the petitioner vide the aforesaid order. CWP No. 3495 of 2008 (2) After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, we are of the opinion that the order of blacklisting the petitioner passed on 18.5.2007 without giving any opportunity of hearing is violative of the principles of natural justice. Such is the view taken by this Court in Adarsh Gram Udhyog Samiti's case (supra). Consequent, we set aside the impugned order dated 18.5.2007 (Annexure P.11). However, it shall be open to the respondents to take such action against the petitioner as may be permissible in law after complying with the principles of natural justice. The writ petition is allowed in the above terms. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) JUDGE 04-09-2008 ds