IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7176 of 2010 1. Ashok Kumar Dwibedi, S/O Late Jai Narayan Prasad Dwibedi, R/O Village - Chandpura, P.S.- Pear, District- Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. 3. Additional District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. 4. Arms Magistrate Incharge, Muzaffarpur. 5. Sub Divisional Officer, Muzaffarpur. 6. Officer-In-Charge Pear Hatha ,Op Somanahi, Muzaffarpur. ------------------- 2 26.09.2011 Mr. Baban Rai, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had filed an application for grant of Arms Licence under the provisions of Arms Act, 1959, as back as on 29.06.2008 before the Licensing Authority-cum-District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. It is submitted that despite the application having been filed in the prescribed form as provided under the Act and the Rules framed thereunder, the same has remained pending giving rise to the present writ petition. The writ petition was filed on 23.04.2010 and has been taken up today when this Court finds that no counter affidavit is on record of the proceedings. Having considered the submission of learned counsel and the fact that no counter affidavit has been filed despite the pendency of the matter before this Court for a period of almost one and half years, this Court deems it proper to dispose of the writ petition with the direction to the respondent No2, District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur who is also the Licensing Authority under 2 the Act, to consider the request of the petitioner as raised in the writ petition and if any such application as claimed by the petitioner has been filed on 29.06.2008 for grant of Arms Licence, the same may be considered and disposed of within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J.)