Heard Sri. T.M. Mohammad You seff, the learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioner and Sri. Ranjith Thampan, the learned Additional Advocate General appearing for the respondents.

2. The petitioner is the Managing Director of Kerala State Warehousing Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the 'Corporation' for short. He was appointed as the Managing Director of the Corporation by Ext.P1 Government order dated 5.10.2006. In this writ petition the petitioner challenges Ext.P6 note whereby the Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture ordered that the petitioner's service as Managing Director of the Corporation is terminated with immediate effect and the General Manager (Construction) is given full additional charge of the Managing Director, until further orders. The petitioner contends that Ext.P6 has been issued in violation of the stipulations in Section 22 of the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962, hereinafter referred to as the 'Act' for short and that before Ext.P6 was issued, he was not put on notice or heard.

3. This writ petition was presented on 20.4.2009 and it came up for admission on 21.4.2009. On that day, while admitting the writ petition this Court stayed th