Right of hearing in licence-cancellation appeal denied where petitioner had no legal entitlement to participate.

No right of hearing accrued to a petitioner who was not the licence-holder and had no direct role in the appeal against cancellation of the licence. The appeal was confined to the licence-holder and the licensing authority, and the petitioner was not shown to have any legal entitlement to participate in those proceedings. The contention that the appellate order was vitiated for denial of hearing to the petitioner was therefore rejected.

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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to be heard in the appeal filed against cancellation of the licence.

Analysis: The petitioner had no direct role in the appeal proceedings arising from cancellation of the licence. The appeal was filed by the person whose licence had been cancelled, and the challenge lay between that person and the licensing authority. As the petitioner was neither the party whose licence was cancelled nor otherwise shown to have a legal entitlement to participate in that appeal, no right of hearing accrued to the petitioner.

Conclusion: The claim that the impugned appellate order was vitiated for want of hearing to the petitioner was rejected.

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