Disposed

Mohd. Yusuf v. State of U.P. and 6 Others

Allahabad HC4 Apr 2019WRIC/11361/2019

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What is this about?

The petitioner challenged the compulsion to deposit his firearm ahead of the 2019 Parliamentary Elections. The Court directed the State authorities to constitute a Screening Committee considering applications within one week and stayed the deposit order for two weeks.

What did the court decide?

Directions to constitute a Screening Committee within one week to decide petitioner's application; no insistence on deposit for two weeks.

Mohd. Yusuf Vs State of U.P. and 6 Others — Public Procurement and Tenders | Allahabad HC (2019)

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Court No. - 28

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Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11361 of 2019

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Petitioner :- Mohd. Yusuf Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mata Achal Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.

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Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for the respondent nos.1 to 7.

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Contention of the petitioner is that in view of the Parliamentary Election of 2019, respondent authorities are compelling him to deposit of his fire arm.

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Learned standing counsel appearing for the State has placed on record a letter of the Additional Director General of Police dated 2.2.2019 by which all the Senior Superintendent of Police and Superintendent of Police, throughout the State have been directed to approach the District Magistrate for constituting a Screening Committee, in regard to the deposit of fire arm license or from exempting the same to be deposited.

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He has further placed before the Court a circular of the Chief Election Commissioner, U.P. dated 25.2.2019. In paragraph 2 of the said circular, it is stated that information has been received that the history sheeters and people with criminal backgrounds are having fire arms, their fire arms are required to be deposited and as such the Screening Committee was constituted, which shall consider each case and pass orders on merit.

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In view of the letter of the Additional Director General of Police, U.P. dated 2.2.2019 and the circular of the Chief Election Commissioner, U.P., dated 25.2.2019, if the petitioner files an application before the Screening Committee within one week from today, the Committee is directed to consider and decide the application so filed, within one week thereafter by a reasoned and speaking order. Further, it is provided that for two weeks from today, the respondents shall not insist the petitioner to deposit the fire arm.

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The writ petition is disposed of.

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Order Date :- 4.4.2019 AKJ

Mohd. Yusuf v. State of U.P. and 6 Others

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