Laxman Tiwary v. The State Of Bihar And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1616 of 2016 ====================================================== Laxman Tiwary Son of Late Anirudh Tiwary resident of village - Sawan Dehri, Police Station - Kochas, District - Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. The District Magistrate, Rohtas ( Sasaram )
3. The Superintendent of Police, Rohtas ( Sasaram )
4. The Circle officer, Karagahar, Rohtas
5. The Officer in Charge, Kochas Police Station, District - Rohtas .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. Surendra Kumar Choubey, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. A.C. to G.A. 9- Pawan Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN ORAL ORDER 01-02-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
The grievance of the petitioner is that while in service of Indian Army, he was granted licence for S.B.B.L. gun from competent authority of Jammu & Kashmir on 01.12.1980 and thereafter, it was being renewed time to time. He retired from the post of Hawaldar and, thereafter, he had applied for renewal of licence which would be evident from Annexure-3 issued by the District Arms Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram addressed to the Circle Officer, Karahgar for making a query regarding his permanent address and which refers to a letter written on 28.11.2002. However, it is contended that no decision
Patna High Court CWJC No.1616 of 2016 (2) dt.01-02-2016 2/2 has been taken till date by the Licensing Authority though the petitioner is regularly depositing the renewal fee. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, this writ application is being disposed of with a direction the District Magistrate-cum- Licensing Authority to take a decision in the case of the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J) rinkee/- U