Court No. - 18
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 34741 of 2018
Petitioner :- Arun Pratap Singh
Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Madhusudan Dikshit Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.
By means of present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the impugned order dated 25.5.2018 and 14.9.2018, by which after suspending his arms license, he has been required to show cause as to why his license should not be cancelled.
This Court in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 58216 of 2005 (Ajay Kumar Gupta Vs. State of U.P. and others) wherein, after considering the Full Bench decision of this Court in the cases of Balaram Singh Vs. State of U.P. and others 1988 A.W.C. 1481, Kailash Nath Vs. State of U.P. 1985 A.W.C.
493 as well as the Division Bench decision of this Court in the case of Sadri Ram Vs. District Magistrate, Azamgarh and others 1998 All. C.J. 1449, has held that the arms license cannot be placed under suspension pending enquiry.
In such view of the matter the suspension of the arms license of the petitioner as directed by the impugned order dated 25.5.2018 is liable to be quashed.
Accordingly, this writ petition stands partly allowed. The suspension of the arms license of the petitioner by the impugned order dated 25.5.2018 is quashed. If in pursuance of the suspension order the licensed weapon of the petitioner has been seized, the same shall be released to the petitioner forthwith.
However, the respondents shall proceed to take appropriate action with regard to the cancellation of the arms license of the petitioner in accordance with law. In case the petitioner has not submitted his reply to the show cause notice, he may do so within a month from today and thereafter the respondent-authorities shall be at liberty to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law.
Order Date :- 12.10.2018 A.K.Srivastava