( 1 ) THE petitioner is a resident of Pansila, P. S. Shyampur in the district of Howrah. He was a holder of firearm license No. 1167 in respect of a 12 bore DBBL gun No. 5383. This gun was sold by him to Sri Panchanan Adhikary, another license holder in the town of Tamluk on 15-1-1953. On 16-1-1953, he appears to have informed the District Magistrate of this fact and forwarded a copy of the letter to the Officer-in-charge of Shyampore Police station. On 26-1-1953, he received a notice or a communication from the Sub-Inspector of Police, Shyampore Police station, set out in para 5 of the petition. It appears from this document, which is described as a notice that it is recorded that the fire-arm license of the petitioner had been seized, having been cancelled under the Howrah District Magistrate's office Memo No. 1697-C dated the 24-12-1952 and S. P. /d. I. B. office Memo No. 3 (2)/34-48 (2) 419 dated 30-12-1952. On 2-2-1953, the petitioner wrote a letter to the District Magistrate, Howrah, complaining of this so-called notice. The grievance was that in the notice no reasons had been recorded in writing as to why the license had been cancelled. It was further stated that