IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Special Appeal No. 171 of 2007 District Administrative Committee Haridwar …Appellant Versus Darshan Lal Gupta …Respondent Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard Sri Sanjay Raturi, the learned counsel holding the brief of Sri Lalit Sharma, the learned counsel for the appellant and Sri C.K. Sharma, the learned counsel for the respondent. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the counter affidavit filed to the writ petition and the affidavits filed in the present special appeal, the Court is of the view that the principles of natural justice was not adhered to nor the procedure contemplated under Regulation 59 of U.P. Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (Centralized Service Regulation 1978) was followed. In the absence of non-compliance of the procedure and the principles of natural justice, the learned Single Judge was justified in setting aside the order of termination. The Special Appeal fails and the order of the learned Single Judge is affirmed subject to the modification that it would be open to the disciplinary authority to continue with the disciplinary proceedings from the stage prior to the date of the order of termination and conclude the enquiry and pass appropriate orders accordingly as early as possible after giving full opportunity to the writ petitioner. The Special Appeal is dismissed. (V.K. Bist, J.) (Tarun Agarwala, J.) 04-08-2011 SP