Market Basket is trying to clean up a Paul Quigley mess.

The grocery chain — mired in a succession battle — sent a “hand-delivered” and “FedEx” letter informing Paul Quigley he was placed on “administrative leave.” It was dated July 4.

There’s only one problem: they sent it to the wrong Paul Quigley in Barnstable.

“It’s outrageous to send it to the wrong person,” said Paul L. Quigley, who added he’s a loyal Market Basket customer but feels awful about his namesake

That Paul R. Quigley, a 44-year Market Basket veteran now stuck in limbo, said the errant letter speaks volumes about the fight at the popular market.

“It’s not the real Market Basket style. It’s pretty unprofessional,” he told the Herald Friday. “It’s just embarrassing.”

The two Paul Quigleys talked on the Howie Carr Radio show Friday about the confusion with the customer Paul saying he’d like a “10-inch cake with a ‘Sorry’ on it” once this hardache is resolved. The executive, Paul, said they’d meet at the Market Basket in Bourne to share a slice.

The letter, shared with the Herald, accuses Paul R. Quigley of “disruptive behavior” and ignoring “warnings” and is now banned from entering any store while on paid administrative leave — “effective immediately.”

A call to the Gunderson law firm in Boston and a Market Basket representative was not successful late Friday.

The Market Basket board of directors announced late this spring that CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, along with “several other employees,” were placed on leave amid “credible allegations that Mr. Demoulas began to plan a disruption of the business and operations of Market Basket with a work stoppage.”

Longtime Market Basket executives placed on paid administrative leave alongside Demoulas have called the board’s allegations that they were planning a work stoppage “absurd.”

This is a developing story …

Paul L. Quigley, left, and Market Basket’s Paul R. Quigley, at right. (Contributed and Howie Carr Show photos)