- Court
- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- Decided
- 9 November 2023
- Bench
- Alok Mathur
- Case no.
- 10039/2023
Judgment
Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10039 of 2023 Petitioner :- Neeraj Nayan Shukla Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Punit Kumar Shukla,Priyanka Singh,Vaishnavi Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.
¶1Heard Ms. Priyanka Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.
¶2It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that father of the petitioner was having fire arms license in his name being D.B.L. Gun No. 18831/1996, license no. 749, which was valid up to 13.01.2023. It is submitted that father of the petitioner died on 25.03.2021 and after death of his father, petitioner moved an application for grant of fire arm license and also for transfer of gun license of his late father in his name.
¶3It is next submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that application for grant of fire arm license was moved by petitioner on 07.07.2021, before the District Magistrate, Sitapur and till date no orders have been passed on the same.
¶4Counsel for the petitioner after arguing the matter up to some length submits that grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent no. 2 - is directed to consider and decide petitioner's application for grant of fire arm license expeditiously.
¶5Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in case suitable directions are issued to respondent no. 2 to consider and decide petitioner's application for grant of fire arm license.
¶6In view of above, present writ petition is disposed of with direction to the District Magistrate, Sitapur - respondent no. 2 to proceed to consider and decide petitioner's application dated 07.07.2021, expeditiously, say within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this order, in accordance with law. Order Date :- 9.11.2023 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench
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