High Court of KeralaWP(C)/23915/2015disposed of

S.Kumaresan v. District Collector

2015-08-07Honourable Mr.Justice K.Vinod Chandran3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN FRIDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF AUGUST 2015/16TH SRAVANA, 1937 WP(C).No. 23915 of 2015 (L) -------------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S) :

------------------------- S.KUMARESAN, S/O.SUBRAMANIAN PILLAI, 3/164, RAILWAY COLONY, KALLEKULANGARA, PALAKKAD.

BY ADVS.SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN SMT.A.R.PRAVITHA RESPONDENT(S) :

---------------------------- DISTRICT COLLECTOR, PALAKKAD-678 001.

BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.C.K.SHERIN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07-08-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

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WP(C).No. 23915 of 2015 (L) ----------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS :

---------------------------------------- EXT.P1:

TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE RESPONDENT DATED 28/08/2010.

EXT.P2:

TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE LICENCE. EXT.P3:

TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENCE WITH CHALAN DATED 04/08/2011.

EXT.P4:

TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT DATED 12/07/2013 ISSUED BY THE MALABAR ARMOURY.

EXT.P5:

TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 17/11/2014 BEFORE THE RESPONDENT.

EXT.P6:

TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SENT BY THE PETITIONER IN THAT BEHALF ON 15/11/2010.

RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS :

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K. VINOD CHANDRAN, J - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P(C) No.23915 of 2015 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 07th day of August, 2015

J U D G M E N T

The petitioner seeks consideration of an application for renewal of gun licence for self protection. This Court has considered the issue of renewal of Arms Licence and has held that mere recommendation of the District Police Chief should not regulate such issuance of licence, as has been held in Ganesh Prasad v Board of Revenue (LR) [2005 (2) KLT 645] and Chandran Nair C. v. Additional District Magistrate, Kasaragod and others [2015 (1) KHC 351], the copies of which will be produced before the authority. In such circumstance, the authority has to consider the same expeditiously in accordance with the aforesaid decisions. Writ petition is disposed of.

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