{"id":41638,"date":"2010-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sabunath-k-s-vs-union-of-india-on-26-july-2010"},"modified":"2018-02-19T05:38:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T00:08:08","slug":"sabunath-k-s-vs-union-of-india-on-26-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sabunath-k-s-vs-union-of-india-on-26-july-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sabunath.K.S vs Union Of India on 26 July, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sabunath.K.S vs Union Of India on 26 July, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 23298 of 2010(J)\n\n\n1. SABUNATH.K.S, AGED 41,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.,\n\n3. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (LPG)\n\n4. THE CHIEF LPG MANAGER,\n\n5. THE SENIOR AREA MANAGER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.PRAVEEN K. JOY\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :26\/07\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                            S. Siri Jagan, J.\n              =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n                      W.P(C) No. 23298 of 2010\n              =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\n               Dated this, the 26th day of July, 2010.\n\n                           J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The petitioner challenges Ext. P20 show cause notice issued to<\/p>\n<p>him directing him to show cause why his LPG distributorship should<\/p>\n<p>not be terminated. Insofar as Ext. P20 is only a show cause notice, I<\/p>\n<p>am not inclined to interfere with the same at this stage. In fact, the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has already submitted Ext. P21 reply to the show cause<\/p>\n<p>notice. Therefore, without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to<\/p>\n<p>pursue Ext. P21, this writ petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                          Sd\/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tds\/<\/p>\n<p>      [TRUE COPY]<\/p>\n<p>                 P.S TO JUDGE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Sabunath.K.S vs Union Of India on 26 July, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 23298 of 2010(J) 1. SABUNATH.K.S, AGED 41, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, &#8230; Respondent 2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD., 3. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (LPG) 4. THE CHIEF LPG MANAGER, 5. 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