Hon’ble D.K. Arora, J.—Heard Sri S.C. Sitapuri, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for and on behalf of opposite parties No. 1 and 2 and Sri Suresh Chandra Shukla, learned counsel on behalf of opposite party No. 3.

2. By means of present writ petition the petitioner is seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing the impugned appellate order dated 26.12.2007 passed by the Commissioner, Lucknow Division, Lucknow and order dated 16.7.2007 passed by the Up Zila Adhikari, Sandila, district Hardoi, by which licence of Fair Price Shop of the petitioner has been cancelled.

3. The brief facts of the case as culled out from the pleadings of the writ petition are as under :

4. The petitioner was having a licence of Fair Price Shop of Village Panchayat Kakrali, block Sandila, tehsil Sandila, district Hardoi. It is alleged that on account of extraneous reasons and on the instigation of the village Pradhan, the petitioner’s licence was suspended vide order dated 18.5.2007 on the ground of irregularities committed by the petitioner in distribution of essential commodities. Since the allegations/ charges in the suspension order were vague as no specific charge was de