letter dated 4.9.2008 upon the petitioner and informed that no reply in response to show cause notice had been received till 29.9.2008 in his office (R-3). Hence as per record of State Drug Controller, the petitioner submitted his reply after expiry of four months of the issuance of show cause notice and reminder. The petitioner-firm was found committing the offence under the Act/Rules and thus, his license was cancelled. On earlier occasion also, the license of the petitioner-firm was suspended for 20days on 27.03.2003 which resulted into recovery of 8 types of alleged to be habit forming drugs kept by the petitioner without any purchase records and said licenses were suspended in absence of the reply of the petitioner-firm. Moreover, in the present case, the reply filed by the petitioner to the show cause notice, was received on 01.10.2008 (R-4) when the order of cancellation had already been passed. The petitioner-firm was duly informed by R-5 that his reply was received late. The petitioner-firm had indulged in the unethical sale and purchase of alleged to be habit forming drugs and became habitual offender of the various provisions of Act/Rules. The petitioner-firm had also filed an appeal before the Appellate Authority cum Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab against the cancellation order dated 29.9.2008 and the same was rejected on 18.11.2008. Thereafter, the petitioner-firm approached this Court and this Court vide order dated 7.5.2009 passed in CWP NO. 4691 of 2009 disposed of the petition with the direction that the genuineness of the purchase bills relied upon by the petitioner be inquired and the petitioner's prayer for restoration of the license be reconsidered accordingly. In
