1 2025:CGHC:25002 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2099 of 2025 Shankar Lal Agrawal S/o Shri Harphool Agrawal Aged About 67 Years R/o Village Chandrakhuri, Post- Baitalpur, Police Station Sargaon, District Mungeli (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Home (Police) Secretariate, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director General (Prisons And Correctional Services), Near Central Jail, Kachari Chowk, Jail Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Collector And District Magistrate Collectorate, District Mungeli (C.G.) 4 - The Inspector General Of Police (IG) Bilaspur Range, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - The Superintendent Of Police Mungeli, District Mungeli (C.G.) 6 - Sub Divisional Magistrate (Sdm) Patharia, District Mungeli (C.G.) 7 - Station House Officer P.S. Sargaon, District Mungeli (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) 2 For Petitioner : Mr. Syed. AH Rizvi, Advocate. For Respondent-State : Ms. Nupur Trivedi, PL. Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma Order on Board 17/06/2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to file the fresh application for grant of licence of Pistol before the concerned respondents-authorities/Competent Authority and in-turn they be directed to consider and decide the same within stipulated time frame. 2. Learned State Counsel submits that she is having no objection to the limited prayer made by counsel for the petitioner. 3. In view of the above submissions, the instant writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file the fresh application for grant of licence of the Pistol before the concerned respondents-authorities/competent authority. On making of such application, concerned respondents-authorities/competent authority shall consider and decide the same expeditiously in accordance with the relevant rules and law. CC as per rules. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge J/-