Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:38909 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 17792 of 2024 Petitioner :- Nagendra Yadav Respondent :- State Of Up And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhishek Kumar Yadav,Bhola Nath Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri B.N.Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. This Court while entertaining this petition on 28th February, 2025 provided time to learned Standing Counsel to seek instructions in the matter. Learned Standing Counsel has obtained instructions and placed the same before this Court, which is taken on record. As per instructions, show cause notice was issued to only Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Rai, Joint Block Development Officer, Mau and instructions are silent about any show cause notice ever issued to the petitioner. In such circumstances natural corollary would be drawn that petitioner was never served with show cause notice whereas impugned order has come to be passed with adverse civil consequences . In such above view of the matter, the order dated 09.10.2024 passed by District Magistrate, Mau, respondent no. 2 is hereby quashed with consequential benefits. It is left open for the respondent to proceed afresh in the matter of recovery against the petitioner but strictly in accordance with law and in full compliance of principles of natural justice. Petition stands allowed accordingly. Order Date :- 17.3.2025 Sanjeev Digitally signed by :- SANJEEV RANJAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad