Petition dismissed as not pressed; petitioners entitled to show-cause notice before any adjudication; dismissed without prejudice

HC dismissed the petition as not pressed at this stage. The court held that if adjudication proceedings are contemplated or initiated, the petitioners must be afforded an opportunity of hearing by issuance of a show-cause notice as required by law. The petitioners' counsel did not press the petition for present adjudication, and the matter stands dismissed without prejudice to commencement of proper adjudicatory process.

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The petition challenges impugned communications at Annexure-A requesting payment of the remaining interest. The respondents' counsel stated that "when the adjudication proceedings are contemplated and initiated, the petitioners shall be given opportunity of hearing by issuing the show cause notice as may be required under the law." In view of that statement, petitioners' counsel "does not press for the present petition at this stage." The petition is accordingly "dismissed as not pressed for at this stage." Notice is discharged. The order thus preserves the petitioners' entitlement to a statutory opportunity of hearing in any future adjudication while terminating the present petition without adjudication on merits.

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