Summarize the following court judgment. APPEAL No. 757 of 1964. Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order	 dated the 28th May	 1963 of the Gujarat High Court in Special Civil Application No. 419 of 1963. R. Gopalakrishnan	 for the appellant. N. section Bindra and B. R. G. K. A char	 for the respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Satyanarayana Raju	 J. This appeal	 by special leave	 is against the judgment and order of the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad	 dated May 28	 1963	 dismissing in limine an application filed by the appellant under article 226 of the Constitution. The facts material for the purposes of this appeal may be briefly stated. 'Me appellant was a permanent employee of the State Transport Corporation	 Gujarat	 hereinafter referred to as the Corporation. At the material time he was employed as a Writer in the Visnagar Depot of the Corporation in Mahasana District. On January 15	 1962	 the appellant applied to the Divisional Controller	 State Transport	 Mahasana	 for leave for 15 days on the ground that he had to attend to his 'personal work. On January 16	 1962	 he was transferred from Visnagar to Ambaji where there was a vacancy in the office of the Depot Manager. On January 31	 1962	 a formal order transferring the appellant from Visnagar to Ambaji was passed	 and he was directed to join duty at Ambaji. On that date	 the appellant applied for extension of leave on medical grounds but his request was refused by an order	 dated February 15	 1962. He was directed to report for duty at Ambaji within 48 hours of the receipt of notice failing which	 he was warned	 he would be removed from service. On March 3	 1962	 the appellant wrote a letter to the Divisional Controller intimating him of his inability to join duty as he was still not well. To this letter	 he enclosed a medical certificate. By an order	 dated March 9	 1962	 the services of the appellant were terminated with effect from January 16	 1962	 on the ground of long absence. The appellant made a representation to the Divisional Controller on March 17	 1962 and thereafter preferred an appeal to the General Manager of the Corporation. Both of them were rejected. A further appeal preferred by him to the L9SUPCI/66 4 4 2 appellate Committee was also unsuccessful. The Committee held that the leave applications of the appellant were made only with a view to evade joining duty at Ambaji. The appellant applied to the High Court of Gujarat under articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution	 impleading the Divisional Controller as respondent	 for the issue of a writ of certriorari to quash the order of dismissal. His petition was dismissed in limine on May 28	 1963. On June 17	 1963	 the appellant applied for a certificate to appeal to this Court but it was refused. Thereafter he applied for special leave and that was granted by this Court. It may be stated at the outset that the respondent is an autonomous statutory Corporation formed under the provisions of the . It is not disputed that the appellant could not invoke the provisions of article 311 of the Constitution. The short question for determination in the appeal is whether the appellant was entitled to an opportunity to show cause against the proposed punishment as required by regulation No. 61 of the Regulations which govern the service conditions of the employees of the Corporation. It is admitted that no charge was framed against him nor was he given an opportunity to show cause. It is contended for the respondent that though the order of termination referred to long absence as the cause of termination	 the termination itself was not by way of punishment and the only right of the appellant was to two months ' pay in lieu of notice under regulation No. 61	 that assuming that the termination was by way of punishment	 the appellant	 as would be evident from the correspondence and the circumstances of the case	 had been given an opportunity to show cause and that there was in fact and in substance compliance with the rules of natural justice. We may	 at this stage	 read the relevant regulations which admittedly govern the service conditions of the employees of the G Corporation. Regulation No. 61 provides as follows : "The service of an employee	 who does not hold a permanent appointment in State Transport or a lien on a permanent appointment in any Government Department from which he is transferred	 are liable to be terminated by the Competent Authority by giving a calendar month 's notice or a calendar month 's pay in lieu : 43 Provided that the services of casual workers and part time workers may be terminated without any notice; Provided further that a permanent employee of State Transport shall be entitled to 60 days ' notice or 60 days ' pay in lieu. " Clauses 3 8	 40 and 4 (b) of Schedule A to the Regulations provide: "38. Irregular attendance	 absence without leave and without reasonable cause and absence without permission. " 40.Failure	 without sufficient cause	 to report	 when directed	 for duty	 on the part of an employee to whom the leave he has applied for is refused." "4(b). A person against whom action is proposed to be taken for any act of misconduct	 shall be provided with a copy of the charge or charges as well as a statement of allegations that have been made against him	 and over which enquiry is being held. " Clause 3 defines two classes of offences named acts of misconduct and minor lapses and delinquencies	 respectively and sub cl. (ii) of cl. 3 states inter alia that the misconducts are those specified in Schedule A. Regulations 38 and 40 provide that irregular attendance	 absence without leave and without reasonable cause and failure	 without sufficient cause	 to report	 when directed	 for duty amount to acts of misconduct. Clause 4(b) is specific and clear. Under that clause	 it is obligatory on the part of the respondent	 to give the appellant a reasonable opportunity to show cause	 by providing him with a copy of the charge or charges	 as well as the statement of the allegations that have been made against him. Admittedly	 the respondent did not frame a charge against the appellant nor conduct any enquiry. It is true that the respondent may visit the punishment of discharge or removal from service on a person who has absented himself without leave and without reasonable cause	 but this cannot entail automatic removal from service without giving such person reasonable opportunity to show cause why he be not removed. The appellant is entitled to a reasonable opportunity to show cause which includes an opportunity to deny his guilt and establish his innocence which he can do	 only when he knows what the charges levelled against him are and the allegations on 44 which such charges are based. In our judgment the appellant was entitled to an opportunity to show cause against the action proposed to be taken against him. The order of termination passed against the appellant is bad in law since it contravenes the provisions of cl. 4(b) of the Regulation and also the principles of natural justice. In all the circumstances of the case	 we are satisfied that the impugned order must be quashed. A writ of certiorari will accordingly issue quashing the order of dismissal	 but this will not preclude the respondent from making a fresh enquiry against the appellant after giving him reasonable opportunity to show cause as provided under cl. 4(b) of the regulations. The appeal is accordingly allowed	 but there will be no order as to costs. Appeal allowed.

The appellant	 who was a permanent employee of the respondent State Transport Corporation	 proceeded on 15 days ' leave on January 15	 1962 and thereafter applied for an extension of his leave on medical grounds. This extension was refused and although the appellant was directed to report for duty immediately	 he continued to be absent and wrote to the respondent on March 3	 1963	 intimating him of his inability to join duty as he was still not well. By an order of the respondent dated March 9	 1962	 the appellant 's services were terminated with effect from January 16	 1962 on the ground of long absence. After his representations and an appeal to higher authorities in the ;Corporation had been rejected	 the appellant filed a petition for a writ of Certiorari to quash the dismissal order	 but this petition was dismissed in limine. It was contended on behalf of the appellant that in accordance with Clauses 4(b)	 38 and 40 of Schedule A to the Regulations governing his service conditions	 a charge should have been framed against him and that be was entitled to an opportunity to show cause against the proposed 'punishment. On the other hand it was the respondents ' contention that though the order of dismissal referred to long absence as the cause of termination	 the termination itself was not by way of punishment and the only right of the appellant under Regulation 61 was to two months ' notice in lieu of pay; and that an examination of the correspondence and the circumstances of the case showed that the appellant had been given to opportunity to show cause and that there was in fact and in substance compliance with the rules of natural justice. HELD : The order of termination passed against the appellant must be quashed as it was bad in law since it contravened the provisions of cl. 4(b) of the Regulations and also the principles of natural justice. [44 B] Clauses 38 and 40 provided that absence without leave and without reasonable cause	 and failure	 without sufficient cause. to report for duty when directed amount to acts of misconduct. Under clause 4(b) it was therefore obligatory on the part of the respondent to give the appellant a reasonable opportunity to show cause	 by providing him with a copy of the charge or charges as well as the statement of the allegations that had been made against him.