HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11203 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. (1) Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. (2) This petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following prayers:- "I. Issue a Writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus there by commanding to the Opposite party No. 2 i.e. Assistant Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Devi Patan Mandal, District Gonda to take decision upon the application 24.09.2025 pending before him with a stipulated period fixed by this Hon'ble Court in the interest of justice. II. Issue any other writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble court may deemed fit and proper in this circumstances of the case. III. Allow this petition in favour of the petitioner." (3) It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner applied for setting up retail Meat shop in Mohalla Nai Bazar, Colonelganj, P.S. Colonelganj, District Gonda, which localities is inhabited by the Muslims community. Despite such application being made on 24.09.2025, no such decision has been taken till date. (4) Hence, this petition has been filed with the aforesaid prayers. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shailendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : Mohammad Imran Sannu .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Food Safety And Drug U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) (5) The learned Standing Counsel has produced before this Court copy of instruction wherein it has been stated that the application was rejected on the ground that it did not have necessary enclosures to it which included 'No Objection Certificate' from the police station concerned and the other Departments as well including the Nagar Palika Parishad concerned on 27.09.2025. It will always be open for the petitioner to file a fresh application alongwith all necessary 'No Objection Certificate and documents, if such application is filed it shall be considered. (6) The instructions are kept on record. (7) This writ petition is finally disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to move an appropriate fresh application alongwith all documents required within ten days from today. If such application is made within time as prescribed by this Court, it shall be decided within four weeks' thereafter. December 5, 2025 N.PAL WRIC No. 11203 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- NARESH PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench