IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 228 (S/B) of 2009 Jaswant Singh S/o Ajaib Singh ………….. Appellant Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …………. Respondents Sri T.A. Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri Subhash Upadhyay, learned Brief Holder for the State-respondents. Dated : October 22, 2009 Coram : Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble Alok Singh, J. (By the Court) By means of this writ petition, petitioner has challenged the show cause notice dated 06.10.2009 whereby the respondent no.2 has asked to petitioner to show cause as to why major punishment, be not awarded after he has been found guilty of the charges in the departmental enquiry. Petitioner, instead of replying to the Authority concerned, has approached this Court. We are of the view that the petitioner should have submitted his reply in response to the show cause notice to the Authority concerned instead of directly approaching to this Court in the matter. Sri T.A. Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner, in the above circumstances, prays for and is allowed to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to submit his reply in response to the impugned show cause notice issued by the respondent no.2. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. (Alok Singh, J.) (Prafulla C. Pant, J) 22-10-2009 JKJ