IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9722 of 2009 AJAY KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 02. 13.08.2009 Petitioner is a claimant for issuance of arms licence for which he filed an application on 10.2.2009. It is his contention that that he is in wholesale business of edible oil, sugar and other foodgrains and he has a shop registered in the name of Ganpati Traders located at Daldali road in Bakerganj. The immediate provocation for the petitioner to seek an arm is a dacoity which came to be committed in day hours at his shop in which a sum of Rs.90,000/- was snatched away by the miscreants. Petitioner therefore feels quite intimidated and threatened in the above circumstances. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of the claim or ground of grant of licence in question, the Court can only observe that the District Magistrate, Patna has duty cast upon him to decide the claim of the petitioner within a time-frame after completing formalities in this regard. In the opinion of this Court, if the verification etc. are completed by the police within a time-frame, the District Magistrate may dispose of the application of the petitioner preferably within six months from the date of communication/receipt of a copy of this order, The writ application stands disposed of with above direction. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)