Mansoor Ahamad v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko and Another

Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9426 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mansoor Ahamad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Brij Bhushan Singh,Bheem Singh,Pranjal Apurva,Sandeep Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

¶1Heard Sri Brij Bhushan Singh, learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State.

¶2It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner is holding a valid firearm license No. 3269 PS. Salon, District Raibareli which is valid till 15.02.2026. It is stated that as the petitioner was going abroad, he has deposited his firearm in the safe custody in authorized dealer, namely, S. Vilayat Ali and Sons, Kaiperganj, Raibareli on 10.01.2022 and a receipt of the said deposit was also given to the petitioner which has been annexed along with present writ petition.

¶3The grievance of the petitoenr is that when he returned to India and wanted to get his arms back, he was informed that the shop, namely, S. Vilayat Ali and Sons, Kaiperganj, Raibareli has been sealed by the District Magistrate. It has been submitted that because of the aforesaid, till date the firearm is in custody of the authorised dealer.

¶4He submits that various representations have been made to the District Magistrate but till date neither any decision has been taken nor his firearm has been returned to the petitioner.

¶5In the aforesaid circumstances, it has been submitted that grievances of the petitioner is substantially redressed in case respondent No. 2 is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 4.08.2023 expeditiously.

¶6Learned Standing Counsel does not object if a direction is issued to respondents for expeditious disposal of the representation preferred by the petitioner.

¶7Accordingly, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No. 2 / District Magistrate, Raibareli to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 14.08.2023 (Annexure No. 3) expeditiously, say, within a period of three weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him and communicate the decision to the petitioner. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 28.10.2023 Ravi/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench