Mahanth Raghawendra Das v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16888 of 2019 ====================================================== Mahanth Raghawendra Das Son of Mahanth Madhusudan Das Resident of Village and P.O. Sirsiya Bujurg, P.S. Kati, Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2.

The Divisional Commissioner, Muzaffarpur.

3.

The District Collector-cum- District Arms Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. 4.

The Sub- Divisional Officer Muzaffarpur (West) District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Gautam Kumar Kejriwal For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Manish Kumar ( Gp4 ) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 20-08-2019 The present writ petition has been filed for directing the respondent- District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur to dispose of the pending application of the petitioner for grant of arms licence which was filed in the year 2013.

Having regard to the limited submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur is directed to dispose of the pending application of the petitioner, if any, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. At this juncture, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty, if need be, to file a fresh application in accordance with the new rules for the purposes of grant of arms licence.

Patna High Court CWJC No.16888 of 2019(2) dt.20-08-2019 2/2 Liberty, so sought, is granted.

The writ petition stands disposed of on the aforesaid terms.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Tiwary/- U