Pulkit Srivastava v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Lucknow and 2 Others

Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10176 of 2023 Petitioner :- Pulkit Srivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, U.P. Lucknow And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shyam Mohan Upadhyay,Arpit Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

¶1Heard Sri Shyam Mohan Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing counsel on behalf of the respondents.

¶2It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that father of the petitioner had been issued an arm's license with regard to SBBL Gun/arms 12 Bore No.HIM-21828 (India). The father of the petitioner died on 6.8.2022 and subsequently on 29.8.2022 the petitioner moved an application under Rule 25 of The Arms Rules, 2016 for grant of arm's license and also to transfer the weapon held in the name of his father. He submits that all the formalities have been completed and police report has also been received but no orders have been passed by respondent No.2 i.e. District Magistrate, Lucknow and consequently prayer has been made for a direction to expeditiously decide his application.

¶3Learned Standing counsel does not object to the prayer made by the petitioner.

¶4Accordingly, considering the fact that the application for the petitioner is pending since August, 2022 and more than one year has lapsed, opposite party No.2 is directed to consider and decide the application of the petitioner for grant of arm's license, expeditiously, say within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him, in accordance with law.

¶5With aforesaid observations and directions the petition stands disposed off. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 20.11.2023 RKM. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench