Heard Sri Yogesh Pandey, counsel for the petitioners and Standing Counsel for the respondents.

2. The petitioners have filed the present writ petition for the issue of a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the orders dated 6-92000 issued by respondent no. 3.

3. Briefly stated the petitioners were appointed on daily wages on the post of Beldar in Public Works Department and they have been working since 1985. The petitioners were regularized against the sanctioned posts of Beldars. The petitioners have submitted that on 6-9-2000, the Executive Engineer in pursuance of letter of the Chief Engineer dated 10-4-2000 cancelled the appointment of the petitioners. The contention of the petitioners is that the order dated 6-9-2000 is void and illegal. The petitioners have not been given opportunity of hearing before passing order of cancellation of their appointments. Once order of regularization was passed in favour of the petitioners it was necessary that the person who is affected should have been heard before cancelling the same.

4. According to the petitioners cancelling of the order will amount to civil consequences and as such opportunity of heari