1 S.B.Civil Writ Petition NO.3622/2003 Virendra Singh vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. DATE OF ORDER : - 28.1.2005 HON'BLE MR. PRAKASH TATIA,J. Mr. Kuldeep Mathur, for the petitioner. Mr. S.N.Tiwari,Dy.GA, for the respondent. <><><> Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is aggrieved because the application for extension of licence so that petitioner may keep his gun in the entire State of Rajasthan has not been decided by the District Collector, Bhilwara. According to learned counsel for the petitioner the various authorities already recommended that the petitioner's licence may be extended for whole of the Rajasthan, but the District Collector, Bhilwara has not decided the application of the petitioner. Therefore, the petitioner was compelled to surrender the weapon before the competent authority on his transfer to Jodhpur from Bhilwara. 2 Since the petitioner' s application is pending before the District Collector, Bhilwara and he is the competent, who can pass the appropriate order, but cannot refuse to decide the application, therefore, the District Collector, Bhilwara is directed the decide the application of the petitioner after considering all the recommendations, which have been made by the competent authority and may pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of placing the certified copy of this order by the petitioner before the District Collector, Bhilwara. Hence, the writ petition of the petitioner is disposed of with above directions. (Prakash Tatia), J. c.p.goyal/-