HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11249 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondent. 2. This petition has been filed with the following main prayer:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari to quash the un-dated police verification report if any, by which the opposite party No. 2 has submitted the report before the opposite party No. 1 thereby not recommended for renewal of the fire crackers license of the petitioner bearing No. 66, after summoning to the same in original from the concerned authority." 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner says that the petitioner's license ought to be renewed as it has been renewed in the past years also, but because of an adverse police verification report, such license has not been renewed by the respondent no.1. 4. Learned Standing Counsel, on the basis of instructions sent by Sri Ashok Singh, Sub Inspector Police Station- Motipur, District Bahraich, has stated that the petitioner was storing crackers and explosive material in the house of another person and not in the place as designated in the license application made by him. Because of an explosion in such storage, Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ajey Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Mubarak Ali .....Petitioner(s) District Magistrate Bahraich And Another .....Respondent(s) Case Crime No.500 of 2023, under section 9B of the Explosive Substances Act and under Sections 286 and 427 of the I.P.C. was registered, where the petitioner is a named accused. The chargesheet has been filed in Court on 01.11.2023 and case is pending trial. It is on the basis of such criminal case pending against the petitioner, a report was sent by the Police Station concerned to the District Magistrate. 5. Instructions are kept on record. 6. Without entering into the merits of the case, we direct the District Magistrate Bahraich to look into the application, which is pending before him and decide the same at the earliest, say, within a period of six weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him. 7. The writ petition stands disposed of. November 24, 2025 Rahul WRIC No. 11249 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAHUL TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench