ORDER :

Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J.

1. In wake of instant surge in COVID-19 cases and spread of its highly infectious Omicron variant, abundant caution is being maintained, while hearing the matters in the Court, for the safety of all concerned.

2. Counsel for the parties submits that the controversy involved in this petition is squarely covered by decision rendered by this Court in Goverdhan Singh Parihar v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.4452/2019, decided on 10.11.2021), which reads as follows:-

"The present petitioners have a common grievance regarding the arms license.

Learned counsels for the present petitioners have laid the grievances with regard to matters relating to licenses of firearms under the Arms Act, 1959 (hereinafter "the Act of 1959"), before the Court, viz. inaction and unjustified delay in issuance of arms license/no opportunity of hearing given and despite pendency of only one criminal case/rejected without cause or speaking order/ renewal denied despite acquittal in criminal cases/renewal denied despite pending criminal case related to gambling and thereby not impacting public safety/no transfer to legal heir despite surrender of old license