WPMS No.1185 of 2005 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Mr. T. P. S. Takuli, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dinesh Gahatori, the learned Standing Counsel for the State. The petitioner was granted an arms licence in the year 1992 by the competent authority. Pursuant to a show cause notice and a reply furnished by the petitioner, the arms licence of the petitioner was cancelled under Section 17 of the Arms Act by an order dated 14th July, 1999 on the ground that a first information report had been lodged against the petitioner in the year 1998 indicating the misuse of arms licence by the petitioner. The petitioner, being aggrieved, preferred an appeal before the Commissioner, Kumaon Mandal, Nainital, which was also dismissed vide order dated 11.07.2005. The petitioner, being aggrieved by the aforesaid orders, has filed the present writ petition. A rejoinder affidavit has been filed by the petitioner indicating that the first information report lodged against the petitioner has been withdrawn by an order of the State Government dated 23.08.2011 and a copy of which has been annexed as Annexure-1 to the rejoinder affidavit. In the light of the aforesaid, the very basis of the cancellation of the arms licence of the petitioner no longer exist. In view of this fact, the impugned orders cannot be sustained and are quashed. The writ petition is allowed. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 26.09.2011 LSR