Ram Nath Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home Civil Sectt. Lko and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9807 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ram Nath Verma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home Civil Sectt. Lko And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar,Mohd. Azad Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. Present writ petition is filed by petitioner praying that opposite parties may be directed to consider and decide the pending application of the petitioner dated 23.06.2020 with regard to grant of arms licence, which is pending since the year 2020 and has not been decided till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that grievance of the petitioner would be sufficiently met in case opposite party no.2/District Magistrate, Pratapgarh considers and decides the pending application of the petitioner in a time bound manner. Looking into the facts and circumstances of the case, without entering into the merits of the case, opposite party no.2-District Magistrate, District Pratapgarh is directed to consider and decide the aforesaid application of the petitioner regarding grant of arms licence, which is pending since the year 2020, in accordance with law, by a reasoned and speaking order, as expeditiously as possible, say within a period of six months from the date, a certified copy of this order is placed before him. With the aforesaid direction, present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Arjun/- (Manish Kumar, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench