Satish Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 36932 of 2023 Petitioner :- Satish Kumar Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Gopal Ji Rai,Santosh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent. This writ petition has been filed interalia for the following relief:- "A) Issue an appropriate writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the District Magistrate (respondent no. 2) to consider and issued Arm License No. 472 D.B.B.L. 315 in the favour of the petitioner on the basis of substitution from the name of his father to his name within such time as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court. B) ...." It has been stated by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner's father was having arms license bearing Arm License No. 472 D.B.B.L. 315 . The father of the petitioner was died on

01.11.2013, therefore, an application has been moved for substitution of arm license in favour of the petitioner, has not been decided till date, thus, a direction may be issued to decide the same within some stipulated period. The learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the submission made by the counsel for the petitioner. No useful purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending in view of the order, which the Court proposes to pass hereunder. Without entering into the controversy involved in the writ petition, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 2 to decide the aforesaid application in accordance with law after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, by means of a reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment. It is made clear that this Court has not examined the merits of the claim of the petitioner and the authority concerned shall apply its own mind strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 2.11.2023 Arti High Court of Judicature at Allahabad