IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2173 of 2010 1. KAMLESH THAKUR S/O RAJBANSH THAKUR R/O VILL.- KOERIA, P.S.- DINARA, DISTT.- ROHTAS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH ITS COLLECTOR, SASARAM 2. THE COMMISSIONER, PATNA DIVISION, PATNA 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ROHTAS 4. THE OFFICER INCHARGE, DINARA POLICE STATION, DISTRICT - ROHTAS . ----------- 2 5.3.2010 Petitioners had applied for an arm licence for non prohibited bore arm. The same was rejected by the Collector –cum- District Magistrate, Rohtas, on the ground that there was no perceptible threat to petitioner’s life and as such he did not require an arm licence. Petitioner preferred an appeal to the Divisional Commissioner, who set aside the order of the Collector-cum- District Magistrate, Rohtas and remanded the matter to the Collector. On remand once again the Collector reiterate that ground, which is the solitary ground for rejecting petitioner’s application. This writ petition has filed for quashing the said order of the Collector passed in Arms Case no. 92 of 1996, dated 21.7.2008. It may be noted that all other enquiries that were ordered had reported favourably for grant of arm licence to the petitioner, yet the Collector – cum- District Magistrate, Rohtas ,on the solitary ground, as noted above, has rejected the application. I can do no better but to refer a judgment of this Court in the case of Amrendra Kumar Singh-v- State of Bihar ors. Since reported in 2008(1)PLJR 151 wherein similar order of the Collector-cum- District Magistrate, Rohtas itself was set - 2 - aside. The judgment of this Court was dated 3.9.2007, more than a year prior to the order passed by the District Magistrate, Rohtas, in this case, as impugned. It is regrettable that even though the law had been laid down by this Court in relation to the act of Collector-cum- District Magistrate itself, he chooses to ignore the law. That is the gross administrative indiscipline. In that view of the matter, without taking any further action in this regard, I set aside the impugned order of the Collector-cum- District Magistrate, Rohtas and direct him to pass fresh order in accordance with law, as noticed above, within a period of one month from the date of production of a copy of this order before him. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this writ petition stands allowed. singh (Navaniti Prasad Singh,J)