7. Mr. P. K. Borah, learned Standing Counsel, Elementary Education Department has during the hearing of the matter today, placed before this Court a communication received by him from the Director of Elementary Education, Assam, wherein notices purportedly issued to the petitioner herein as well as order issued towards terminating their services were enclosed. The communication dated 26.04.2020; on perusal by this Court along with the enclosures thereto, reveals that neither the show cause notice issued to the petitioner nor, the order terminating their services have an endorsement of the same being received by the petitioners herein. A query was raised by this Court to the learned Standing Counsel, Elementary Education, Assam, as to whether the said notices as well as the order of the termination were ever served on the petitioners and as to whether there exists any material to justify the said position. Mr. Borah, learned counsel had submitted that he has not been furnished any such material by the department to demonstrate that the said show cause notices and orders of termination were served upon the petitioners. It is to be noted herein that the petitioners in the writ petition have made categorical statement to the effect that they were at no point of time served with either the show case notices and or, the orders terminating their services and the said position was not controverted by the respondents.
