Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:146117 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27670 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Kusum Lata Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vidya Prakash Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. The petitioner has preferred the present petition inter alia with the prayer to direct the respondent no.2- District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, to decide the application no.641 of 2025 of the petitioner dated 20.01.2025 for grant of fire arm license. 2. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has filed an application on 20.01.2025, for grant of fire arm license before the respondent No.2/District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, but till date no final decision has been taken in the matter. 3. On the other hand, it is argued by learned Standing Counsel that the respondent No.2 will take a decision in the matter expeditiously. 4. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 5. Time and again such kind of matters are coming before this Court for deciding the application for grant of Firearm License which are pending before the District Magistrate concerned. The Arms Act and the Rules itself provide the timeline within which such applications are to be decided. However, the aforesaid timeline are not being honoured by the District Magistrate concerned and as a result of the same, flood of litigation are coming before this Court for seeking direction that the application for grant of fire arms license/renewal of arms license be decided in a time bound manner. The Court has passed various orders in such type of matters and pursuant to the decision taken by this Court, the Government has issued a Government Order dated 10.3.2025 directing all the District Magistrates to comply with the timelines provided for consideration of the application for firearm license. 6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.2/District Magistrate, Gautam Buddha Nagar, to decide the aforesaid application most expeditiously and preferably within a period of four weeks from today. 7. In case the decision has already been taken by the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, he will communicate the same to the petitioner forthwith. Order Date :- 23.8.2025 S.K. Digitally signed by :- SWEETY KANOJIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SWEETY KANOJIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad