HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10171 of 2025 Court No. - 20 HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J. 1. Heard Shri Amit Bhardwaj, Advocate holding brief of Shri Kapil Dev Chaubey, learned counsel for petitioner, Ms. Seema Dixit, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the material available on record. 2. By means of the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the opposite parties to decide petitioner's application dated 30.11.2021 for grant of licence in his favour on the basis of inheritance. 3. The contention of learned counsel for petitioner is that the petitioner is the heir and legal representative of Jagdish Prasad, who was the father of petitioner. Further submission is that the petitioner has obtained No Objection from other heirs and legal representative of deceased Jagdish Prasad and has submitted requisite documents before the competent authority i.e., District Magistrate, Lakhimpur Kheri (respondent no. 2). It is further submitted that the petitioner has deposited required fee as provided under the Rules. A copy of receipt has been annexed as Annexure No. 2 to the writ petition. 4. Learned counsel for petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has approached the authority several times but his case has not been Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kapil Dev Chaubey, Ajaiy Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Chaubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Amit Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. /Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) considered and the same is pending. 5. Taking into consideration the aforesaid submissions advanced by learned counsel for petitioner, this Court is of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served in keeping in the petition pending, therefore, the same is being disposed of at the admission stage. 6. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with the direction to the District Magistrate, Lakhimpur Kheri (respondent no. 2) to consider and decide the application of the petitioner dated 30.11.2021 as contained in Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition, expeditiously, strictly in accordance with law say within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order before him. October 17, 2025 Virendra WRIC No. 10171 of 2025 2 (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench