HARIHAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for petitioners, Sri J.K. Khanna, learned standing counsel for the State and Sri B.N. Singh, learned counsel for Election Commission of India in the respective petitions.

(2.) Considering the urgency in the matter and subject to consent of learned counsels for the parties, all the petitions are being disposed of at the stage of admission itself. Director General, U.P. Police, has been impleaded as respondent no. 4 with the leave of the Court.

(3.) Sri Khanna, learned standing counsel submits that respondents are complying with mandate of law as held in the aforesaid judgments and that petitioners are put to strict proof that police authorities are acting contrary to the dicta of aforesaid judgments. He placed before the Court a compilation of the Model Code issued by the Election Commission of India, a copy of a notice issued by Officer In-charge, P.S. Mohammadabad, Mau to one Sanjay Kumar Singh, holder of licence no. HPM 21736 in connected Writ Petition No. 17030 of 2014, directing the licensee to deposit his arm at the police station concerned or the dealer; the directives of Election Commission of India on the subject and the minutes of the meeting chaired by District Magistrate, Allahabad on 18.3.2014 in connection with deposit of fire-arms. The aforesaid compilation is taken on record.