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High Court of DelhiW.P.(C)/17143/2022

Naresh Kumar Goel v. Department Of Defence Production & ORS.

2024-05-07Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Subramonium Prasad2 pages

$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 17143/2022 NARESH KUMAR GOEL ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. H C Suri and Ms. Harshita Bansal, Advocates.

versus DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION & ORS.

..... Respondents Through:

Ms. Harshita Nathrani, Advocate for Mr. Sameer Vashisht, ASC for GNCTD

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 07.05.2024 1.

The Petitioner has approached this Court for a direction for quashing a communication dated 30.12.2021 directing the Petitioner to deposit the weapon i.e., a .32 BA bore rifle No.170877 which has been endorsed on the arms license of the Petitioner bearing No. WDPV/3/1995/20. 2.

A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the State Government. Paragraph 8 of the counter affidavit states that Rule 17 of the Arms Rules, 2016 provides for an appeal before the Hon'ble Lt. Governor. 3.

Confronted with the availability of an alternate efficacious remedy to the Petitioner, the Petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to approach the Appellate Authority. 4.

Permission and liberty, as prayed for, is granted. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/05/2024 at 11:57:55

5.

The time taken by the Petitioner from filing this writ petition till the disposal of the writ petition be taken into account while calculating limitation, if any, while preferring an appeal/revision. 6.

It is made clear that this Court has not made any observation on the merits of the case and this Court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition only because of the availability of an alternate efficacious remedy. 7.

The petition is disposed of along with pending application(s), if any. SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J MAY 7, 2024 hsk The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/05/2024 at 11:57:55