<h1>Contract termination and procedural fairness: authority ordered to provide hearing before deciding continuation of consultant's services.</h1> MMRDA responded to alleged consultant breaches-project delays, cost overruns, safety breaches and contractual violations-by issuing suspension and termination notices and disputed later corruption allegations as retrospective deflections; the high court set aside the discontinuance notice for lack of reasons and directed a hearing, invoking procedural fairness and administrative discretion.