1. By filing the present writ application under Article 226
and 227 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner has approached
this court with a prayer for quashing of the impugned order dated
30.05.2025 at Annexure-1 by the RDC (CD), Cuttack-Opposite
Party No.1 in Arms Appeal No.2 of 2023 thereby affirming order
dated 28.03.2023 issued by the Additional District Magistrate,
Khordha-Opposite Party No.3, cancelling the arms license of the
Petitioner at Annexure-2. The Petitioner has also prayed for a
direction to the Opposite Parties to renew the Arms License
No.6/2019 issued in his favor by the competent authority under the
Arms Act, 1959.
2. The factual background of the present writ application,
bereft of all unnecessary details, in short, is that the Petitioner,
who is a businessman of repute in the district of Khordha, he had
applied for an arms license to the District Magistrate, Khordha in
the year 2019, due to his necessity. The A.D.M, Khordha, after
following the procedure as prescribed in the Arms Act and the
rules framed thereunder, issued the arms license authorizing the
Petitioner to keep arms for his personal security. Ever since, the
petitioner has never misused his arms against which a license has
been issued by the competent authority.
