WP(C) 1908/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.N.SARMA Heard Mr. N. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard M r. N. Zaman, learned C.G.C. for the respondent No. 3. The petitioner is a holder of retail outlet dealership under the Hindustan Petr oleum Corporation at Golaghat. While the petitioner was running the said outlet he was served with a notice dated 17.4.2009 by the respondent authorities with the signature of respondent no. 2 making certain allegations and to show cause thereon. In pursuance to the said notice, the petitioner submitted the reply dat ed 17.5.09 denying the allegations. At paragraph 8 of the writ petition it is al leged that the respondent No. 2 i.e the Senior Manager Hindustan Petroleum Ltd. Guwahati. The Regional Office upon receipt of the said reply filed by the petiti oner has orally told him that there would be no further proceeding for terminati on of dealership would be issued forthwith. The petitioner is very much apprehe nsive of the aforesaid statements made by the respondent No. 2 inasmuch as the d ealership may be terminated without any enquiry to the truth or otherwise the al legation made against the petitioner in the said notice to which the petitioner has stoutly denied. The basic principles of holding him guilty on such allegatio n was to make enquiry as regards the allegations that had been initiated by the respondent by issuing show cause notice. It is needless to say that the dealersh ip of the petitioner can only be terminated upon proof of guilt of misconduct fo r violation of certain rules and without coming into the finding about the truth or otherwise the allegations made in the show cause notice, the dealership of t he petitioner cannot be terminated. Considering the matter in its entirety, this writ petition is disposed of with t he direction that without proof of the facts alleged in the show cause notice wh ich is denied by the petitioner, the authorities by holding the necessary enquir y as required under the law, no termination of the dealership of the petitioner be made by them. With the aforesaid observations and directions this writ petition st ands disposed of.