JUDGMENT :

(Pankaj Bhatia, J.)

1. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 02.09.2021 whereby the arms license of the petitioner was cancelled by the Licensing Authority as well as the appellate order dated 07.11.2022 whereby the appeal preferred by the petitioner was dismissed.

2. The facts, in brief, in the present case are very interesting inasmuch as a young advocate – the petitioner – after enrolling in the noble profession in the year 2018 was charged with an offence under Section 188 IPC read with section 30 of The Arms Act for carrying arms in the Court premises. In pursuance to the lodging of an FIR against the petitioner, a news item was also published that in the District Judgeship of Barabanki, various persons were carrying arms without there being any restraint whatsoever. The petitioner was subsequently served with a show-cause notice calling upon the petitioner as to why the arms license of the petitioner may not be cancelled. The petitioner appears to have not filed a reply. Although, the show-cause notice has not been filed alongwith the writ petition, the same annexed alongwith the counter affidavit filed by the State. As the p