THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.18751 of 2009 Dated 09th June, 2011 Between: Sri Sai Auto Driving School …Petitioner And The Transport Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri E.Maruthi Raja Counsel for respondents: GP for R & B The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to set aside proceedings in R.No.18470/A1/2009-1, dated 26.06.2009, of respondent No.2, whereby he has suspended the petitioner’s driving school licence for a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of the said proceedings. This Court by order, dated 08.09.2009, while granting interim suspension of the impugned proceedings, however, gave liberty to the respondents to inspect the petitioner’s office for the purpose of regulating the procedure. The impugned order was preceded by a show-cause notice, dated 15.06.2009, to which, the petitioner offered its explanation, dated 24.06.2009, wherein it has denied the allegations contained in the show-cause notice. A perusal of the impugned proceedings shows that respondent No.2 failed to advert to the contents of the explanation and rejected the same with a cryptic observation that the explanation is not convincing and hence not acceptable. In my opinion, the very purpose of issuing a show-cause notice is to give an opportunity to the petitioner to put forth its case. Unless the contents of the explanation are discussed and reasons for their rejection are assigned, the purpose of issuing the show-cause notice will be rendered nugatory. As respondent No.2 failed to assign reasons for rejecting the petitioner’s explanation, the impugned proceedings cannot be sustained and accordingly, the same are set aside. Respondent No.2 is given liberty to make a fresh inspection of the petitioner’s school and if he finds deficiencies, he shall be free to issue a fresh show-cause notice and pass an appropriate order, after duly considering the explanation, if any, submitted by the petitioner. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is allowed. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.24516 of 2009 and W.V.M.P.No.1706 of 2010 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 09th June, 2011 VGB