IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P NO. 1846 OF 2009 DECIDED ON : 05.02.2009 Sohan Lal Chawla ...Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. P. P. S. Duggal, Advocate, for the petitioner. SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks a direction for the release of his renewed arms license bearing No. 1601/Feb/2001/FZR which is stated to be lying in the office of respondent No.2. The petitioner's case is that he was in possession of the above mentioned arms license, which was valid up to February, 2004. The petitioner applied for its renewal, but his application was kept pending on the ground that some CBI investigation/inquiry was in process regarding issuance of the arms licenses. Relying upon the stand taken by the respondents before this Court in C.W.P No. 9574 of 2005 which was disposed of on March 20, 2006, it is urged on behalf of the petitioner that the CBI inquiry is already over, yet the petitioner's arms license is not being renewed and issued. The petitioner is stated to have approached the respondents through various representations including dated 21.05.2005 and 22.08.2007 (Annexures P-3 and P-4). C.W.P NO. 1846 OF 2009 -2- Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the nature of the relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the representation made by the petitioner regarding issuance of his renewed arms license and in case there is no legal impediment, to issue the same in accordance with law, as early as possible and preferably within three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. FEBRUARY 05, 2009 (SURYA KANT) shalini JUDGE