MIR SABIR ALI Vs. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HYDERABAD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner made an application to the respondent-Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad on 23-5-1997 under Sections 13 and 14 of the Arms Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) seeking an arms licence. The same was rejected by the respondent by an order dated 8-8-1997. Impugning the same, the petitioner filed this writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to reconsider the application for grant of arms licence.

(2.) The impugned order dated 8-8-1997 bearing No.L&O/35/Arms/Hs.6/97 reads as follows:

(3.) Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that Section 13 of the Arms Act empowers the respondent to grant licence and Section 14 deals with the conditions under which a request for grant of an arms licence can be rejected. The respondent, according to the learned Counsel for the petitioner, has not disclosed any reasons in the impugned order. Therefore, the impugned order is wholly unsustainable.