Dr. Rishi Raj v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 40954 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dr. Rishi Raj Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Shivajee Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard counsel for the petitioner and Standing Counsel for State of UP. The present writ petition has been filed for mandamus directing District Magistrate, Kaushambi / Licensing Authority, respondent no. 2 to decide the application of the petitioner dated 2.12.2019 for grant of fire arm license within specific period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court. The counsel for the petitioner submits that the application for grant of Arm License is pending since 2.12.2019 and same may be decided by respondent authority within stipulated time as fixed by this Hon'ble Court. The learned Standing Counsel has no objection to aforesaid submission. Without entering into the controversy involved in the writ petition, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent-2 to decide application dated 2.12.2019 filed by the petitioner for grant of fire arm license, expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months from the date of producing a certified copy of this order before the concerned authority, in accordance with law, provided there is no other legal impediment. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the claim of the petitioner on merit. Order Date :- 29.11.2023 Rahul Dwivedi/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad