[Your Address] [City, State, Zip Code] [Your Email] [Your Phone Number]

Should your office still find any lapse attributable to me, I request that a lenient view may be taken, considering my long service, clean record, and absence of any dishonest motive.

[Your Typed Full Name] [Designation/Role, if any] [Employee/ID/Registration Number, if applicable]

I am in receipt of your Show Cause Notice bearing reference no. [number] dated [date], calling upon me to explain why [specify the proposed action, e.g., disciplinary action / termination of contract / cancellation of license] should not be taken against me for the alleged lapses mentioned therein.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you.