to above, it would be necessary to
revert to the impugned orders. A
perusal of the impugned orders
indicates that the sole reason for
rejection of the application of
the petitioner, is based upon the
opinion of the Police authorities
that the licence may not be
granted as the petitioner is aged
63 years. Apart from that, the
District Magistrate and the State
Government have concluded in their
respectiveorders,thatno
reasonable ground exists for
granting a licence to the
petitioner. As has been noticed
hereinabove, Section 13(2A) vests
the licencing authority with power
to either grant a licence or
refuse the same, as thought
necessary, after considering the
report of the officer in charge of
the nearest Police Station, as
provided under Section 13(1)(2).
As per Section 14(1)(b)(ii), the
licencing authority shall refuse
to grant a licence, among other
reasons mentioned in Section
14(1), if it is found necessary to
refuse it for the security of the
public peace or public safety. As
already discussed above, the
report of the Police authorities
in the case of the petitioner,
does not indicate that he has any
criminal antecedents, or that
granting the licence to him will
endanger the security and safety
of the public or hinder public
peace. In fact, the Police
authorities have not given any
adverse opinion in the case of the
petitioner. The only ground
mentioned is that the petitioner
