CWP No.81 of 2008. 21.5.2008. Present: Mr. Narender Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General, with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. Advocate, for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr. B.C. Negi, Advocate, for respondent No.4. This writ petition was directed against the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner whereby the services of the petitioner were cancelled without affording any opportunity of hearing. It has been emphatically stated that no notice was ever issued to the petitioner before passing of the impugned order. The learned Deputy Advocate General could not show otherwise from the counter affidavit or from the record. In these circumstances, the impugned order is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner is quashed and the matter is remanded to the Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur to proceed in accordance with law after affording opportunity to the petitioner. In these terms, the writ petition stands allowed. (Jagdish Bhalla), C.J. 21st May, 2008. (Rajiv Sharma), J. (tr)