IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 23274 of 2010 Date of Decision: 24.12.2010. Dr. Brij Sharma --Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. Hemen Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. R.D. Sharma, D.A.G., Haryana has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents. This petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself without insisting for the reply keeping in view the fact that the petition is directed only against the show cause notice. The petitioner is running an Ultrasonography Clinic at Karnal. An inspection was conducted by the competent authority, whereupon a number of irregularities/deficiencies/violation of statutes were found. The details are given in the show cause notice itself. On the basis of irregularities/deficiencies etc. the impugned show cause notice dated 20.12.2010 (Annexure P-4) has been issued to the petitioner soliciting his reply within 15 days. The contention raised by learned counsel for the petitioner is that the entire exercise is to humiliate and harass the petitioner. A reference is made to an earlier proceeding, however, admittedly, earlier proceedings were without any show cause notice and now the show cause notice has CWP. No. 23274 of 2010 -2- been issued by the competent authority. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondents have taken into custody the entire record and thus the petitioner has been disabled to file an effective reply to the show cause notice. There is substance in this contention. In view of this submission, this petition is disposed of with the following directions:- 1. The competent authority who has conducted the inspection and seized the record will allow the petitioner to inspect the record within a period of two weeks from today. 2. The competent authority will also furnish photo copies of the record as may be desired by the petitioner within two days from the date of inspection. The petitioner shall have the liberty to file reply to the show cause notice within 15 days thereafter. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 24.12.2010. lucky