B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J.

1. Heard Adv. Iyer holding for Adv. Mohogaonkar for petitioners. Learned AGP for respondents.

2. Challenge in Writ Petition is, to show-cause notice dated 15-3-2002. Operation and effect of that show-cause notice is stayed by this Court while issuing notice on 20-6-2002 and the same was continued while admitting the matter.

3. The petitioner No. 1 before this Court is father of petitioner No. 2. The petitioner No. 2 has secured Government employment as Project-affected person and has been appointed as a Peon on 27-10-1995 in the office of the Executive Engineer, Gosekhurd Project, Paoni.

4. By impugned show-cause notice, he has been called upon to explain why action should not be taken against him for practising fraud. In show-cause notice, his attention is invited to the fact that though land in excess of 1 Hectare (‘H’) was left with him after acquisition, mentioning the extent of land left only to be 0.37H and also suppressing employment with Government already available, the petitioner secured job as Project-affected person in 1995.

5. During hearing, learned AGP has submitted that show-cause notice for suppressing employment with Government /Public