Manoj v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Arms/fire arm licence; grant of licence application pending before District Magistrate, Mathura; mandamus for time-bound disposal; two-month deadline from production of certified copy of order; cost/compensation Rs.100 per day for delay; recoverable from salary of erring officials; red tapism, negligence or corrupt practices observation; writ petition disposed; Allahabad High Court; 2025:AHC:26690; WRIT - C No. 5569 of 2025; Manoj v. State of U.P. and Another; Vikram D. Chauhan, J.; order dated 25.2.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the licencing authority (respondent no. 2, District Magistrate, Mathura) to decide the petitioner's arms licence application within two months of production of certified copy of the order; on failure, cost/compensation @ Rs.100/- per day of delay payable by respondent no. 2 at the first instance, recoverable from the salaries of erring officials, in addition to other legal remedies.