A.V. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI, J.

1. Aggrieved by Ext.P5 order by which the application of the petitioner for renewal of arms license was rejected, the petitioner has come up before this Court.

2. According to the petitioner, the petitioner has been holding an SPBL Gun on the strength of the license No. BL/646/TDA/ID for the SPBL Gun granted to him in the year 1970 and he has been renewing the license from time to time and it was in force till 31.12.2007. The petitioner made an application dated 3.1.2008 to the third respondent for renewal of his gun license. That authority kept the application pending for 25 months and ultimately rejected the same as per Ext.P1 order. The petitioner appealed against the said order before the 1st respondent and Ext.P3 order dated 6.6.2012 was passed remanding the matter for further consideration by the 2nd respondent on the basis of the observations and findings rendered by the appellate authority. As the 2nd respondent did not consider the application even after such specific directions issued by the 1st respondent, the petitioner filed W.P. (C) No. 10533 of 2013 before this Court which resulted in Ext.P4 judgment dated 11.4.2013. The petitioner