Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:66396 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 12955 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kamlaker Dubey Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ravi Shanker Pathak Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. The order dated 01.02.2025 passed by the respondent no.2- District Magistrate, Jaunpur is under challenge in the present writ petition. By the aforesaid order, application for grant of fire-arm license was rejected. 2. A preliminary objection has been taken by Sri Vijay Shankar, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel that against the aforesaid order, a statutory alternative remedy is available to the petitioner to file appeal before the Commissioner of the Division as provided under Section 18 of the Arms Act, 1959. 3. This fact is also admitted by counsel for the petitioner. 4. In view of the same and without interfering with the order 01.02.2025, present writ petition is disposed of on the ground of availability of statutory alternative remedy. It is made clear that in case an appeal is filed by the petitioner within a period of three weeks from today, the appellate authority will decide the same on merits strictly in accordance with law within a period of three weeks, thereafter. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 Pramod Tripathi Digitally signed by :- PRAMOD TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad