Court No. - 36
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 36234 of 2018 Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Madan Mohan,Prem Sagar Verma Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mrs. Sunita Agarwal,J. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
By means of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking a direction to the District Magistrate,Allahabad to decide the application of the petitioner dated 18.04.2018 for grant of firearm licence pending before it, within stipulated period.
To this prayer, learned Standing Counsel raises no objection.
Be that as it may, without entering into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner, the present petition is being disposed of with the direction to the District Magistrate, Allahabad to decide the application of the petitioner dated 18.04.2018 for grant of firearms licence, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of submission of certified copy of this order.
It goes without saying that this Court has not entered into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner. The competent authority shall apply his own mind with the application independently and take a decision on merits.
Order Date :- 31.10.2018 Pratima