C.W.P. No.16879 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.16879 of 2011 Date of Decision.09.09.2011 Harminder Singh Khera son of Shri Harjit Singh, resident of V & P.O. Usman, Tehsil Tarn Taran, District Tarn Taran .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab through Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs, Punjab, Chandigarh and others .....Respondents Present: Ms. G.K. Mann, Advocate for the petitioner. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. The petitioner is aggrieved about the general notification issued by the Government asking of persons, who are holders of licence of fire arms to surrender their fire arms in order to ensure peace during the SGPC election. The petitioner's grievance is that he is residing in a house, where the nearest police station is about 20 kms away from the house. The house is situate at a secluded place and there is a serious risk to safety of the petitioner. According to him, he has been holding the arms licence for over 20 years and there has never been any untoward incident of misuse of the arms licence by him. 2. In my view, the petitioner can make an individual exception but he cannot seek for general direction that an initiative of the State to secure peace by directing all persons to surrender the arms shall not be C.W.P. No.16879 of 2011 -2- there. The petitioner shall be at liberty to make an appropriate representation for making out exception to the authority, who is competent to sustain or revoke licence of fire arms and if such a representation is given, it shall be disposed of within two days having regard to the nearness of the election and the efficacy of the short tenure of this order. 3. The writ petition is disposed of with the direction as above. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE September 09, 2011 Pankaj*