Court No. - 28
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6411 of 2019 Petitioner :- Balendra Kumar Arajariya Respondent :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ram Sharan Giri Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.
Heard Sri Ram Sharan Giri, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for respondent nos.1 and 2.
The contention of the petitioner is that his application for grant of fire arms license was rejected vide order dated 7.8.2016 by respondent no.2. Aggrieved by the said order an appeal was filed under Section 18 of the Arms Act before Commissioner, Chitrakoot Region. The Commissioner allowed the appeal by order dated 20.3.2018 and remanded back the matter to the licensing authority. He contends that since then his application for fire arms license is pending consideration.
In view of the above, it is expedient that the licensing authority to look into the matter and take an appropriate decision in accordance with law preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.
The writ petition stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 25.2.2019 AKJ