Court No. - 2
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 17220 of 2021 Petitioner :- Mohd. Harun Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Surendra Kumar Mishra,Anand Mohan Pandey
Hon'ble Suneet Kumar,J.
Heard.
Instant petition is directed against a notice dated 1 July 2021 issued under the Arms Act calling upon the petitioner to show cause on apprehension that the petitioner is likely to misuse his firearm.
Learned Standing Counsel at the outset submits that the writ petition would not be maintainable against a show cause notice, further, the order has been passed by the competent authority in exercise of his power.
On being confronted, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petition be disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to pursue the notice to its logical conclusion.
The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty.
It is provided that in the event, petitioner files his objection before the second respondent-Licensing Authority/District Magistrate, Kaushambi within three weeks from date, it is expected that the same shall be considered and decided on merits, in accordance with law, by a reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously within six weeks thereafter.
Order Date :- 28.7.2021 S.Prakash Digitally signed by Justice Suneet Kumar Date: 2021.07.28 16:47:57 IST Reason: Document Owner Location: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad