Arjun Prasad Tripathi v. Union of India and 4 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 36993 of 2023 Petitioner :- Arjun Prasad Tripathi Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Diwan Saifullah Khan,Sunil Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,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 with a prayer to direct the respondents to Renew the Arm License No. HMM6/93/88 of the petitioner at the earliest and further prayed to direct the respondents to issue a Unique Identification No. (UIN) as required by Sub Rule (5 & 6) to Rule 54 of the Arms Rules 1962 amended vide notification No. GSR 585 (E) dated 24, July, 2012. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that an application has been made to renew the arms license No. HMM6/93/88 of the petitioner but the same has not been decided till date. No useful purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending in view of the order, which the Court proposes to pass hereunder. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this writ petition is finally disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to make a fresh application / representation ventilating all his grievances within two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order and, if any such representation/application is made, the authority concerned shall make all endeavors to consider and decide the same after hearing the parties concerned, in accordance with law, by means of a reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the said application / representation, if there is no other 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 :- 7.12.2023 Arti High Court of Judicature at Allahabad