IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 1072 of 2011 Harnek Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents. Present : Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H. M. Raturi, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Sri. Dinesh Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner and Sri H. M. Raturi, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner had applied for an Arm Licence. The contention of the petitioner is that his application for grant of Arm Licence is pending since September, 2009 and has not been disposed of as yet. The writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent no. 2 District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar to take a decision on the application of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. It is made clear that in case District Magistrate feels that licence is not liable to be given to the petitioner, he has to give reasons for doing so by passing a speaking order. With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of. No order is as to costs. Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 7.6.2011 Kuldeep