Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:111498 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 20711 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rajan Shukla Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Lavkush Dixit Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner has preferred the present petition inter alia with the prayer to direct the respondent no.2 to decide the pending application of the petitioner dated 29.05.2025 and provide the fire arm license to the petitioner. 3. Learned Standing counsel has placed before this Court the instructions under the signature of District Magistrate, Etawa. Along with the said instructions, an order dated 30.06.2025 was also annexed. By the order dated 30.06.2025, the application of the petitioner for grant of fire arm license was rejected. 4. After going through the aforesaid, a prayer has been made by learned counsel for the petitioner to dismiss the present petition as having become infructuous. 5. The prayer so made is allowed. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. 6. It is made clear that in case the petitioner will file an appeal as provide Section 18 of the Arms Act, before the appellate authority within a period of two weeks from today, the appellate authority will consider and decide the same within a period of three months. Order Date :- 11.7.2025 S.K. Digitally signed by :- SWEETY KANOJIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad