R. K. ABICHANDANI, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner challenges the order dated 15. 1. 2000 passed by the State Government rejecting the appeal of the petitioner and confirming the order dated 13. 7. 1998 of the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad, rejecting the application of the petitioner for grant of licence under Section 13 of the Arms Act, 1959.

( 2 ) IT has been contended on behalf of the petitioner that the District Magistrate had rejected the petitioners application under the provisions of Section 14 of the Arms Act, 1959. It was contended that the petitioners application was not for any prohibited arms and therefore the application could not have been rejected under that provision. It was also contended that the petitioner was not a person prohibited from acquiring the arms or a person of unsound mind. It was also submitted that the petitioner was entitled to grant of licence because the arms in question earlier belonged to his father on whose demise he has inherited them. It was submitted that even the appellate authority had rejected the petitioners appeal for no valid reason.

( 3 ) THE petitioner had made an application for grant of licence under Section 13 of the Arms Act. Under that

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