Reasonable opportunity of being heard, the person concerned should be given a reasonable oppor-tunity of being heard before any order prejudicial to him is made in revision. If this reasonable opportunity of being heard cannot be given without the service of the notice the omission to serve the notice would be fatal; where however proper hearing can be given without service or notice, it does not matter at all, and all that has to be seen is whether even though on notice was given a reasonable opportunity of being heard was given, Fazal Bhai Dhala v. Custodian General, Evacuee Property, AIR 1961 SC 1397 (1399): (1962) 1 SCR 456. [Administration of Evacuee Property Act (31 of 1950), s. 26(1) Proviso 1]
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