IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10374 of 2006 Alok Ranjan Pandey son of Giriwar Pandey, resident of Ward No.9, Bhabhua, P.S. Bhabhua, District Kaimoor. --------- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Kaimoor at Bhabhua, District Kaimoor 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Bhabhua, District Kaimoor 4. The Superintendent of Police Kaimoor 5. The Officer in charge, Bhabhua Police Station, Kaimoor.---- Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner: M/S D.K.Singh, Sr. Advocate with Satyendra Pandey and Jitendra Kumar Singh, Advocates. For the Respondents: Mr. P.K. Verma, AAG XI, Mr. S.R. Sharma, AC to AAG XI. -------- 2/ 27-01-2009 This application has been filed for quashing the communication dated 22.07.2006 ( Annexure-6) whereby the petitioner has been informed that his application for grant of arms licence has been rejected by the District Magistrate, Bhabua at Kaimur by order dated 20.09.2004. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Singh, Senior Advocate, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, submits that though the petitioner has remedy of appeal but in view of the fact that the petitioner is not being given the certified copy of the order passed by the District Magistrate, Bhabua at Kaimur, refusing to grant arms licence, the petitioner could not avail the remedy of appeal . In this connection my attention has been drawn towards the averment made in paragraph-8 of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent no.3. A.C. to A.G. 11 appears on behalf of the State. Petitioner’s filing requisite for obtaining certified copy - 2 - within a week, the District Magistrate, Bhabua shall ensure that the petitioner is given the certified copy of the order rejecting the arms licence. Petitioner shall file the appeal within thirty days from the date the certified copy is made available to him and the petitioner filing the appeal, the appellate authority shall consider the same on merit without unnecessary delay. The writ application stands disposed of with the aforesaid direction. BTiwary/ ( Chandramauli Kr. Prasad, ACJ )