DM order denying arms licence to sportsperson set aside by HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has set aside Deoria district magistrate's order dated May 3, whereby he had denied arms licence to sportsperson
Gaurav Gupta
, who had required it for training and competition purpose.
In the decision dated Jun 2, Justice Piyush Agrawal also remanded the matter to Deoria district magistrate, for deciding afresh application of the petitioner for grant of arm licence for sports training and competitions by passing a reasoned and speaking order, after giving due opportunity to the petitioner to cure the defect, if any, as well as to provide all documentary evidence/material, as required under the aforesaid rules, within a period of 15 days from date of production of certified copy of the order.
Through the present writ petition, the petitioner, a sportsman, assailed the order dated May 3, passed by Deoria district magistrate, whereby his application for arms licence was rejected.
The counsel for the petitioner submitted that in pursuance to the order dated Feb 27 of this court, the licensing authority had rejected the application of the petitioner for grant of arm licence by holding some defects in the sports certificate attached by him.
The certificate has been issued to the petitioner as a junior shooter and since the petitioner's category of shooting was not defined well and no affidavit with regard to the same had been filed, as per Arms Rules, 2016, the arms licence to the petitioner could not be granted.
Counsel for petitioner further submitted that with regard to the said defect, if any, no opportunity was given to the petitioner to cure the same.
He further submitted that since the petitioner had to participate in the upcoming pre-Uttar Pradesh state shooting championship competition, to be held in beginning of July, the petitioner shall be disqualified from participating in absence of a fire-arm licence. He also stated that the above said ground on which the application of the petitioner had been rejected, could be cured.
On the other hand, state govt's counsel supported the DM's order, which was under challenge, submitting that since the petitioner had failed to provide necessary documentary evidence in support of his application, the application of the petitioner had rightly been rejected.
He submitted that in the said application for grant of arms licence, the petitioner had not disclosed details as required under the Arms Rules, 2016.
After hearing the parties, perusal of the said application showed that no column had been framed as per aforesaid rules as to the detailed information/evidence of the petitioner as a 'Junior Shooter'.
Further, the impugned order (the order under challenge) did not refer to any opportunity being granted to the petitioner to cure the defect as pointed out in the impugned order.
"In view of peculiar facts and circumstances of the case as stated, the impugned order dated May 3, cannot be justified in the eyes of law and the same is hereby set aside," the court added.
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