Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:11995 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 42434 of 2024 Petitioner :- Dhanendra Tripathi Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Dan Bahadur Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. The writ petition is filed with the following prayer :- "(a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS directing the respondent No. 2 to decide the application dated 16.08.2024 before the respondent No. 2 (Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition)." 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has applied for grant of arms licence before the respondent no. 2 in the year 2024, however, till date the aforesaid application of the petitioner has not been decided by the concerned authority. 4. It is to be seen that before this Court large number of petitions are being filed for directing the licencing authorities to consider the application for grant of arms licence of the applicants. The aforesaid large number of petitions are indicative of the fact that licencing authorities are not considering the applications for grant of arms licence in a time bound manner. The same may be indicative of red tapism, negligence or corrupt practices. The applications of the citizens are required to be considered by the authorities in a time bound manner so that citizens do not face any difficulty on account of pendency of their applications. 5. Learned Standing Counsel submits that application of the petitioner for grant of arms licence would be decided in a time bound manner. 6. Considering the circumstances of the case and the fact that application of the petitioner for grant of arms licence is pending consideration before the respondent no. 2, it is hereby directed that application for grant of arms licence of the petitioner shall be decided by the licencing authority within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 7. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 23.1.2025 VMA Digitally signed by :- VISHWA MOHAN ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad