Hon’ble Arun Tandon, J.—Petitioner before this Court is a holder of fire-arm licence which is stated to have been granted in his favour by the Additional District Magistrate, Rampur vide order dated 15.5.2006 and was in respect of a Prohibited Bore DBBL-12 Bore bearing No. 101809-49. Since the licence of the petitioner was to expire in the year 2009, he made an application for renewal thereof. His application for renewal was not being considered, he, therefore, approached this Court by filing Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 13428 of 2009. The writ petition was disposed of vide order dated 6.3.2009 permitting the writ petitioner to make a representation before the District Magistrate who in turn was required to pass appropriate order on the renewal application of the licences. The District Magistrate under the impugned order has held that the licence granted in favour of the writ petition by the Additional District Magistrate was illegal and, therefore, such licence cannot be renewed. It is against this order that the present writ petition has been filed.

2. Counsel for the petitioner with reference to the definition of the District Magistrate as contained in Rules 2(f) of the