IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 17518 of 2008 Between: Dinesh Kumar Shukla S/o. Rama Shankar Shukla, R/o. H.No. 978, Suraram Colony, Jeedimetla,R.R.Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt. of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. 3 The Collector & District Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 4 SHO, PS Langer House, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents seeking to cancel the gun license of the petitioner as arbitrary, illegal and conseqeuntly direct the respondents 2 & 3 to issue duplicate gun license to the petitioner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.M.R.VELU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 17518 of 2008 Oral Order: The substantive grievance in the writ petition is that the 2nd respondent has not considered the petitioners application dated 29-09-2006 followed by another dated 17-06-2008 for renewal of the Arm’s License bearing No. MDL-II 75/55. The 2nd respondent has issued an undated show cause notice in March, 2008 calling upon the petitioner to explain why the license issued should not be cancelled as the petitioner is involved in a criminal case. The petitioner states to have submitted an explanation thereto on 17-03- 2008. His grievance is that the 3rd respondent has not passed any order on the application for renewal of his Arms License. In the circumstances, after hearing the learned Government Pleader for Home also the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission directing the 2nd respondent to expeditiously but, in any event within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, consider and pass an order on the petitioner’s application for renewal of Arms License. The 3rd respondent shall communicate the decision to the 2nd respondent within the aforesaid time. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 12-08-2008 pvks