CWP No. 21770 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 21770 of 2010 Date of decision September 12, 2011 Sukhdeep Singh ....... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. S.P.S. Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The order in challenge in the writ petition is a communication from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ferozepur to the District Magistrate, Ferozepur stating that there is no immediate and serious threat to the applicant's life and as per instructions by the Home Ministry, Government of India for issue of Arms license, the petitioner will not qualify for such license. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the Licensing Authority is the District Magistrate and he has not filed an appeal only because the appeal is contemplated only against the order refusing to grant license by the Licensing Authority and not a letter of communication from the SSP. CWP No. 21770 of 2010 2 2. If the contention were to be that the impugned letter is not passed by the Licensing Authority then it only means that the petitioner does not have any cause of action right now. I direct the Licensing Authority, District Magistrate, Ferozepur to take a decision and communicate the same to the petitioner and if it is adverse to the petitioner, he will have a remedy by means of an appeal under Section 18 of the Arms Act. The District Magistrate shall take a decision within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order and the petitioner will have appropriate remedy in the manner provided under the Arms Act. 3. The writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE September 12 , 2011 archana