IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18024 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 05, 2010. Balbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Parshotam Lal Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, 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.H.S.Brar, learned Additional 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 issue him the Arms licence for keeping Double Barrel Gun allegedly for his self protection within the State of Punjab. It is averred that the petitioner had applied for the grant of the aforestated prohibited bore licence in September, 2009 vide application C.W.P.No .18024 of 2010 2 (annexure P-1) and has already furnished the necessary documents vide file reference No.20761 alongwith recommendations from the respective authorities. However, no decision is allegedly being taken on his application for the grant of the Arms licence and the application is lying pending for no possible reason at all. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, however, without expressing any views on the petitioner's entitlement for the said Arms Licence, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to take an appropriate decision on the application of the petitioner to grant him the aforesaid licence and communicate the same to him within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 05, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE