This writ petition is preferred, being aggrieved by the
denial of permission to shift the Armoury shop from its existing
location to a new premises. In this regard, the petitioners
submitted an application before the 1 st respondent, the District
Collector. A legal opinion was also obtained by the District
Administrator was in favour of the petitioners. The landlord has
consented to the shifting of the shop from the existing building
to the new premises.
2. It is the case of the petitioners that petitioners are
conducting the Armoury shop with license since 1992 on a
rented premises. The arms license granted to the petitioners
were being renewed till 26.08.2008. Thereafter, though the
petitioners preferred application for renewal till 2015, it was
not rejected or refused. However, in 2015 the renewal
application was sent for enquiry by 1 st respondent to
respondents 2 and 3. in the absence of time bound reply, 1 st
respondent sent a remainder calling for the report. However,
during the pendency of renewal application, the landlord of the
building, who is the additional 6th respondent requested the
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petitioners for a vacant possession. Accordingly, the
petitioners sought permission to shift the Armoury shop from
the licensed premises to new place, from respondent 1.