IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1400 of 2002 1. Ram Ekbal Singh son of Kali Singh resident of village Karup, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram. 2. Sunil Kumar Singh son of Sharma Singh resident of village Karup, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram. 3. Vindhyachal Singh son of Late Ramadhar Singh resident of village Kaua Khoach, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram 4. Sudama Singh son of Rajgrihi Singh resident of village Dharahara P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram. 5. Vishwanath Singh son of Jag Ropan Singh resident of village Kushedihara, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram 6. Ghuran Prasad Verma son of Jugal Prasad Verma, resident of village Karup, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram 7. Lallan Roy son of Ram Nath Roy resident of village Dharahara, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas at Sasaram Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram 2. The Superintendent of Police, Rohtas, Dehri-on-Sone 3. The District Arms Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 4. Sub-divisional Magistrate, Sasaram. ----------- 3 05/02/2009 The petitioners are aggrieved by non-renewal of their arms licenses and in this writ application their prayer is to direct the respondents to renew the same. The petitioners came to this Court earlier in C.W.J.C. No. 11188 of 1996 and while disposing off the aforesaid writ application this Court observed as follows : “In these circumstances, the petitioners are directed to appear before the District Arms Magistrate, respondent no. 3 on 3.9.1987 when they shall produce their licences and all other documents which are required to be shown to the District Arms Magistrate. If anything more is required, the District Arms Magistrate shall call upon the petitioners to produce such evidence or documents within a period of twelve weeks from the date of appearance of the petitioners before the District Arms Magistrate. A final order shall be passed by the concerned respondent granting or refusing renewal of the arms licences of the petitioners.” - 2 - In the counter affidavit the respondents have stated that they asked for the verification of the arms licenses from the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dinapur, Nagaland from where the licenses have been obtained but the verification reports have not been received. It has further been stated that the petitioners were given liberty to obtain verification report but they have not also produced the same. It has also been averred that it had come to the notice of the State Government that various licenses purportedly issued from Nagaland are forged. Accordingly, the respondents contend that in absence of verification report, no order of renewal of the licenses can be passed. The plea putforth by the respondents is just and proper. The petitioners obtaining the verification report from the authority which had granted licenses and producing the same before the licensing authority appropriate decision shall be taken in accordance with law. This writ application stands disposed off with the observation aforesaid. (C. K. Prasad, ACJ.) AMIN