Court No. - 1
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 26856 of 2020 Petitioner :- Piyush Kumar Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Surya Prakash Pandey,Ajay Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Vivek Agarwal,J.
1. Heard Sri Ajay Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Shyam Sundar, learned Standing Counsel for the State.
2. Petitioner's only grievance is that he has moved an application for grant of fire arm licence on 05.12.2018 before the District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar (respondent no.2), but no decision has been taken on the same so far, though a period of more than two years has lapsed.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the provisions contained in Rule 13 of the Arms Rules, 2016, decision on the application for arms license should have been taken by the authorities within 60 days from the date of receipt of the police report.
4. He prays for a direction to the District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar to expedite the proceedings and take a decision on the application of the petitioner for grant of fire arm license.
5. After hearing arguments of learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar to decide the petitioner's pending application/representation, if not already decided in accordance with the provisions contained in Rule 13 of the Arms Rules, 2016 within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of computer generated copy of the order being passed today in PDF form.
6. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case.
7. In above terms, the writ petition is disposed off.
Order Date :- 6.1.2021 Ashutosh