Allahabad High Court

JITENDRA PALversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

Decided: 8 September 2026
Bench: SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY

Holding

The court ordered that, in the absence of any legal impediment, the licence application be decided expeditiously.

Summary

Petitioner Jitendra Pal filed a writ petition seeking the court's intervention to expedite his application under Rule 25 of the Arms Rules, 2016 for a licence to be granted to a legal heir. The petition was argued by counsel Ashish Srivastava, while the State of U.P. and other respondents were represented by C.S.C. The court noted that the prayers in the writ petition were not precisely framed but, considering the urgency, decided to address the matter. It directed that the application be decided expeditiously provided there is no legal impediment. No substantive merits of the licence application were examined; the court merely ordered the administrative authority to process it without delay.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition can be entertained to direct the expeditious disposal of an application under Rule 25 of the Arms Rules, 2016
Whether any legal impediment exists to granting the licence to the legal heir

Subjects

Arms Rules, 2016
licence to legal heir
writ petition
expeditious disposal
administrative law

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                            WRIT - C No. - 35689 of 2026

                                    Jitendra Pal
                                                                                                  .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                        Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 2 Others
                                                                                                .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                      :   Ashish Srivastava
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                      :   C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 36
                                               HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.

                                    1. Heard Sri Ashish Srivastava, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri

                                    Prabhakar Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for State-Respondents.


                                    2. The prayers in this writ petition are not happily worded. Still
                                    considering that petitioner has filed an application under Rule 25 of Arms

                                    Rules, 2016 for grant of licence to legal heir and seeks its expeditious

                                    disposal, therefore, this writ petition is disposed of that in case there is no

                                    legal impediment, the application be decided in accordance with law

                                    expeditiously.



                                                                                 (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.)
                                    September 9, 2026
                                    AK




Digitally signed by :-
AWADESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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