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6.2.1 SAMPLING PROCEDURE 3 samples (of 750 ml each) will be drawn. One will be left with the dealer, one with the company and the third will be sent to the respective Oil Company laboratory for testing. For the sample kept with the dealer, proper acknowledgement will be obtained and the dealer will be instructed to preserve the sample in his safe custody till the testing/investigations are completed. Details of the sampling procedure and the label to be pasted on the sample containers are given in Chapter - 2.

16. According to the appellant, it is clear that the samples were collected in violation of mandatory procedure of law as provided under the said Order and therefore the termination order passed on the basis of test reports of samples so collected is completely illegal and liable to be set aside.

59. In the instant case, the haste in which 30 years old dealership was terminated even without giving show-cause notice and/or giving an opportunity of hearing clearly indicates that the entire exercise was carried out by the respondent Corporation non-existent, irrelevant and on extraneous considerations. There has been a total violation of the provisions of law and the principles of natural justice. Samples were collected in complete C/LPA/473/2010 JUDGMENT violation of the procedural laws and in non- adherence of the guidelines of the respondent Corporation.