IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P NO. 2202 OF 2009 DECIDED ON : 12.02.2009 Surinder Kumar ...Petitioner versus Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. Vivek Khatri, Advocate, for the petitioner. SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) Notice of motion to respondents No.2 to 4 only. Mr. R. D. Sharma, DAG, Haryana, accepts notice on their behalf. The petitioner is aggrieved at the order dated 24.07.2008 passed by the Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana, Home Department, whereby the petitioner's application for extension of his arms license on All India Basis, has been turned down on the basis of some instructions purported to have been issued by the Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. It appears that the petitioner's application has been returned not on account of any deficiency on his part, but for the reason that the same was not sent by the District Magistrate, Hisar in a proper prescribed format. C.W.P NO. 2202 OF 2009 -2- Suffice it to be noticed that the petitioner's father was having an arms license of 38 bore revolver which has since been transferred in the petitioner's name. However, while transferring the said license, its validity has been restricted within the State of Haryana only. The petitioner wanted the arms license to be valid throughout India and applied for the same. Though the impugned order, which is totally cryptic and laconic, does not assign any reason, however, it appears that the District Magistrate failed to recommend the petitioner's case in the prescribed format, as a result of which the same has been returned by the Competent Authority. No fault can be attributed to the petitioner for the procedural lapses, if any, on the part of the District Magistrate. Consequently, this writ petition is allowed. The impugned order dated 24.07.2008 is set aside. Since the petitioner's application is required to be forwarded in a prescribed format, the District Magistrate is directed to do the needful within one month of the receipt of certified copy of this order and thereafter, the Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana, Home Department, shall take appropriate decision within two months. FEBRUARY 12, 2009 (SURYA KANT) shalini JUDGE