Telangana High Court
WP/16838/2005 of Rajesh Pandey Vs The Collector and District Malgistrate on 27 December 2005
SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.16838 OF 2005 Dated: 27-12-2005 Between Rajesh Pandey, S/o. Sri Ramchandra Pandey Occ: Security Guard, R/o. Plot No.56, Ambedkar Nagar, Uppal, R.R. District. …PETITIONER AND The Collector and District Magistrate Ranga Reddy District,
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH
WRIT PETITION No.16838 OF 2005
Dated: 27-12-2005
Between
Rajesh Pandey, S/o. Sri Ramchandra Pandey Occ: Security Guard, R/o. Plot No.56, Ambedkar Nagar, Uppal, R.R. District.
…PETITIONER
AND
The Collector and District Magistrate
Ranga Reddy District, Lakdi-ka-pool
Hyderabad.
…RESPONDENT
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ORDER:
Petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not issuinggun licence as illegal and arbitrary.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has an Arms licence issued bythe office of the Deputy Commissioner, Palamau, Bihar District vide licence No.25/1999and he purchased a 12 Bore SBBL gun bearing No.1119 from Indian Arms Corporation. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner shifted his residence from Bihar to Andhra Pradesh; residing atPlot No.56, Ambedkar Nagar, Uppal, Ranga Reddy district and sought for re-registration of the licence in the office of the respondent.
The Deputy Commissioner, Palamau, vide his letter dated 23.03.1999 issued no objectioncertificate for re-registration of the gun in any other State. The gun licence issued by theGovernment of Bihar is for all India and the petitioner need to re-register the same in theState of AP, due to change of residence. The petitioner made a representation on04.10.2002 requesting the respondent to re-register his gun licence but the Superintendentin the respondent office having received the same did not take any action. The learnedcounsel for the petitioner further submits that unless the gun licence is re-registered thepetitioner cannot make use of the gun and cannot procure an Armed Escort Duty, whichfetches him a sum of Rs.4,000/- per month but now he is only a security guard and earningRs.2,000/- per month.
Without expressing any opinion as the representation of the petitioner is pending before therespondent there cannot be any justification for not disposing the said representation.Petitioner has filed a copy of the representation dated 04.10.2002 requesting to re-register his arms licence No.25 of 1999 valid up to 31.07.2003 covered by one 12 BoreSBBL Gun No.1119 valid for all India issued by Deputy Commissioner, Palamau, Biharaccompanied by original arms licence, two photographs and address proof.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent is directed to consider and dispose the representation of the petitioner dated04.10.2002, if not already disposed of, in accordance with law after giving reasonableopportunity to the petitioner.
The writ petition is accordingly disposed of.
______________V. ESWARAIAH, J