HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.1263 of 2009 (M/S) Girdhar Singh. … Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and two others. … Respondents Mr. D.S. Patni, Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. K.P. Uppadhyay, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State/respondents. Dated: August 11,2009: Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 24.07.2009 passed by respondent no.2 whereby the fair price shop licence of the petitioner has been cancelled. The consequential order dated 29.07.2009 passed by respondent no.3 is also under challenge whereby the petitioner’s fair price shop has been attached with the fair price shop of one Mr. Jitendra Verma. 3. The main ground of assailing the impugned order is that before passing the orders dated 24.07.2009 and 29.07.2009 no opportunity of hearing whatsoever was provided to the petitioner, hence the impugned orders deserve to be set-aside. 4. On 07.08.2009, this Court directed the learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents to seek instructions in this matter. Today Addl. C.S.C. informed this Court that before cancellation 2 of petitioner’s licence, no opportunity of hearing was in fact provided to the petitioner. 5. Since prior to cancellation of the licence of petitioner’s fair price shop no opportunity of hearing was given to the petitioner, therefore the orders impugned deserve to the quashed as the same have been passed in violation of natural justice. 6. For the forgoing reasons the writ petition is allowed. The impugned order dated 24.07.2009 and the consequential order dated 29.07.2009 passed by respondent no. 2 and 3 respectively are hereby quashed. However liberty is given to the respondents to pass fresh order in accordance with law. 7. No order as to costs. (V.K. Bist, J.) 11.08.2009 NCM: