Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:23657 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1888 of 2025 Petitioner :- Badri Prasad Gupta Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The present writ petition is filed with the following prayer: "i. to issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No.2/District Magistrate, Banda to decide the application of petitioner for issuing the arm licence of Revolver/Pistol in favour of petitioner, within stipulated period which Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper." 3. Learned Standing Counsel on instructions submits that application of the petitioner for arm licence has been decided by order dated 15.02.2025. A copy of the order has been provided to the learned counsel for the petitioner by learned Standing Counsel today. 4. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to pursue the remedy available against the order dated 15.02.2025. 5. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. Order Date :- 19.2.2025 S.Prakash Digitally signed by :- SHASHI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad