ORDER :

1. By way of present writ-application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the writ-applicant herein is aggrieved by the order dated 17.1.2022 passed by the respondent No. 1 in Appeal No. 258 of 2020 and the order passed by the respondent No. 2 dated 16.6.2020 by which the writ-applicant’s fire arm license was refused to be renewed.

2. Brief facts germane for adjudication of the present writ-application read thus:

2.1 The writ-applicant herein was holding NP Bore Rifle and for that fire arm license came to be issued in favour of the writ-applicant before about 57 years. The said license came to be renewed from time to time under the provisions of the Arms Act. The said license expired on 31.12.2019, however prior to expiry on 23.12.2019 the writ-applicant preferred an application for renewal of the said license. The respondent No. 2 by impugned order dated 16.6.2020 refused to renew the license.

2.2 Being aggrieved by the said order passed by the respondent No. 2 refusing to renew the license the writ-applicant herein preferred an appeal under the provisions of Section 18 of the Arms Act. The respondent No. 1 confirmed the order dated 16.6.2020 passed by the responden