IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16450 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 14, 2010. Lakhwinder Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.K.D.S.Sidhu, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to decide his application for the grant of Arms licence which is stated to be pending consideration before the District Magistrate, Gurdaspur since October, 2009. It is averred that the petitioner has applied for the grant of Arms Licence alongwith the requisite documents including a certificate C.W.P.No .16450 of 2010 2 from the Chief Drill Instructor, Police Line, Gurdaspur as well as of medical fitness. Similarly, the S.H.O. Police Station Dhariwal, is said to have verified the character antecedents of the petitioner and his case was further recommended by the D.S.P. Gurdaspur for issuance of the Arms licence. It appears that the District Magistrate, Gurdaspur has not issued the Arms licence for want of the police report from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur. In these circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur to submit the police report to the District Magistrate, Gurdaspur regarding the character and antecedents of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, with a further direction to the District Magistrate, Gurdaspur to dispose of the pending claim within a period of one month thereafter. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 14, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE