IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20302 of 2010 Date of Decision : November 15, 2010. Vinod Kumar Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.L.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.D.S.Sidhu, DAG, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.K.D.S.Sidhu, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to trace out the records and issue him the Arms Licence. The petitioner is said to have applied for the Arms Licence to the Deputy Magistrate, Ferozepur on 24.4.2010. It is averred that police verification report regarding antecedents and the character of the petitioner was sought on 20.5.2010 C.W.P.No .20302 of 2010 2 which is said to have been favourably submitted by the police authorities. It is further averred that soon after the receipt of the said report, the original application/records pertaining thereto have been misplaced by the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur and are still untraceable. It is also alleged that no action is being taken despite the representation dated 26.04.2010 and 5.8.2010 (Annexures P-2 and P-3) submitted by the petitioner. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 to trace out the missing records and thereafter, take an appropriate decision for the issuance of the Arms Licence to the petitioner as per law, within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. November 15, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE