G. ROHINI, J.

1. By common order dated 21.4.2010, the learned Single Judge allowed W.P. (C) Nos. 10426, 10442, 10443 of 2006 and W.P. (C) No. 3277 of 2007. Aggrieved by the same, the Life Insurance Corporation of India/the sole respondent therein preferred these four appeals under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent.

2. The Respondents/Writ petitioners are the agents with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (for short LIC). By separate orders dated 24.11.2005, their agency was terminated by the LIC and renewal commission was forfeited in terms of Life Insurance Corporation of India (Agents) Regulations, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). Against the said orders of termination though the writ petitioners preferred appeals to the Zonal Manager, the same were rejected by orders dated 30.5.2006. Aggrieved by the same, they filed W.P.(C) Nos. 10426, 10442, 10443 of 2006 and W.P. (C) No. 3277 of 2007 contending inter alia that the orders of termination as well as the orders of the Appellate Authority dismissing the appeals were in violation of the principles of natural justice. Accepting the said contention, the learned Single Judge allowed all the writ petitions.