Muhammad Nooruddin Saif v. K. Bala Ji,D.M

Court No. - 9 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1726 of 2022 Applicant :- Muhammad Nooruddin Saif Opposite Party :- K. Bala Ji,D.M. Counsel for Applicant :- Jamaluddin Mohd. Nasir,Mohd Nazam Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. The writ Court on 05.01.2021, while disposing of Writ-C No.23177 of 2020, had passed the following order:- "Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing counsel for the State respondent. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 District Magistrate, Meerut to decide the application dated 22.6.2020 of the petitioner in respect of Form-A-1 for Arm Licence filed in the year-2019 within a stipulated period of time. It is submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner applied arm licence for the safety of himself and his family, which is still pending since 2019. Learned Standing Counsel submits that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and an appropriate direction may be issued to respondent no.2 to consider the grievance of the petitioner. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without going into the merit of the case and with the consent of the parties, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.2 District Magistrate, Meerut to decide the application dated 22.6.2020 of the petitioner in respect of Form-A-1 for Arm Licence filed in the year-2019 within a period of six months from the date of production of computerized copy of this order. The concerned Court/Authority/Official shall verify the authenticity of such computerized copy of the order from the official website of High Court Allahabad and shall act accordingly without waiting for submission of the certified copy of this order. The writ petition is disposed of." Today, an affidavit of compliance has been filed, which is taken on record. In para 6 of the affidavit of compliance, it has been stated that the order of the writ Court dated 05.01.2021 has been complied with and the application of the applicant for grant of firearms licence has been decided on 07.11.2023, copy of which, has been brought on record as Annexure 1 to the said affidavit. In view of the said fact as the order of the writ Court has been complied with, present contempt application is rendered infructuous and the same stands dismissed. Order Date :- 17.11.2023 SK Goswami High Court of Judicature at Allahabad