-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1965 OF 2008 M/s.Hotel Golden Palace Through its proprietor Shri A. Ashok Ray : Petitioner V/s. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.S.P.Kanuga with Ms Sapna N. Nath and Ms Poonam P. Bhosale for the petitioner. Mr.N.A.Shaikh for the respondents. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : AUGUST 30, 2008. P.C. Rule, returnable forthwith. Mr.Shaikh waives service for the respondents. Heard by consent. 2. The petitioner has challenged the cancellation of his eating house licence on the round that it has been revoked without giving him an opportunity of being heard. -: 2 :- 3. It is admitted that the petitioner was not heard before the order was passed. Having regard to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in M/s.Chingleput Bottlers v. M/s.Majestic Bottling Co. (AIR 1984 SC 1030) vide paragraphs 35, 36 and 37, the impugned order is not sustainable which is, therefore, quashed and set aside. 4. The rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. S.A. BOBDE, J.