Writ petition seeking a direction to decide the petitioner's pending application for grant of an arms licence, filed in 2018 and undecided. The court directed the licensing authority to dispose of the application within two months of production of a certified copy of the order, failing which cost of Rs.100 per day would be payable.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36130
Court No. - 33
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7386 of 2025
Petitioner :- Mohit Rastogi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar,Mahendra Pal Singh Gaur Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J.
" I. Issue the writ order or direction nature of mandamus and directing the Respondents no. 2 decide the application for grant of arms license, dated 23.10.2018 of petitioner, as expeditiously within stipulated period. "
consideration before the respondent no. 2, it is hereby directed that application for grant of arms licence of the petitioner shall be decided by the licencing authority within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. It is hereby also provided that in the event the aforesaid application of the petitioner for grant of arms licence is not disposed of within the period herein above granted, the petitioner would be entitled to cost/compensation @ Rs.100/- per day (for each day delay after two months) which is to be paid by the respondent no. 2 at the first instance and the same would be recoverable by the respondent no. 2 from the salary of the erring officials. This cost/compensation is in addition to the other legal remedies available to the petitioner including the enforcement of the present order, accordance with law.
Order Date :- 12.3.2025 VMA
Digitally signed by :- VISHWA MOHAN ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the licensing authority can be directed to decide the petitioner's pending 2018 arms licence application within a time-bound period.
Mohit Rastogi
State Of U.P.
Vikram D. Chauhan
As recorded by the court registry
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