Santosh @ Gyan Chandra Tripathi v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 33579 of 2023 Petitioner :- Santosh @ Gyan Chandra Tripathi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mukesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for State - respondents. The present application has been filed with prayer to direct the respondent no. 3 to pass appropriate order in compliance of the judgment and order passed by respondent no. 2 on 3.6.2023 and restore the firearm License No. 20/98-99, Arms N.P. Bore Rifle No. 5126, forthwith. Learned counsel for the petitioner comes up with prayer that after the remand of the matter of petition vide order dated 3.6.2023, the same is pending for consideration before respondent no. 3. He further submits that the same may be decided expeditiously. To the said prayer, learned standing counsel has no objection. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without entering into the merits of the case, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 3 to decide the same in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment. It is made clear that the Court has not adjudicated the claim of the petitioner on merits. Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to serve a certified copy of this order on the respondent concerned within a period of 15 days from today. Order Date :- 24.11.2023 A.P. Pandey High Court of Judicature at Allahabad