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Present: Mr. Brahma Prakash, Petitioner in person (through hybrid mode)

Ms. Ruchi Sekhri, Addl. AG, Haryana Ms. Mansi, Advocate for respondent no. 5

1. The date when the judgment is reserved 23.01.2026 2. The date when the judgment is pronounced 16.03.2026 3. The date when the judgment is uploaded 16.03.2026

4. Whether only operative part of the judgment is Full pronounced or whether the full judgment is pronounced

5. The delay, if any of the pronouncement of full Not applicable judgment and reason thereof.

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Prayer

1. The jurisdiction of this court has been invoked under articles 226/227 of Constitution Of India praying for quashing for impugned order dated 23.02.2022 (Annexure P72) and 17.01.2020 (Annexure P71) whereby grant of fresh arms license to the petitioner was rejected by Respondent No. 2 and 3 respectively with a further prayer to direct Respondent No. 3 to issue him a fresh arms license.

T he Conspectus Of Facts

2. The petitioner is an advocate practising in Delhi/NCR who applied for grant of a fresh arms licence on 15.07.2014 before the competent authority at Faridabad for the purpose of self7defence. The said application was initially rejected on 09.10.2015. Aggrieved by the rejection, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Commissioner, Gurgaon Division. The appellate authority, vide order dated 08.12.2017, allowed the appeal and set aside the rejection order, thereby directing reconsideration of the petitioner’s application.

3. Pursuant to the appellate order, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 10.01.2018 along with a copy of the appellate order requesting issuance of the licence. The matter was thereafter sent for verification. After a detailed verification process conducted between January 2018 and July 2018 by the local police authorities, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ballabhgarh, vide recommendation dated 11.07.2018, forwarded a favourable report recommending grant of the arms licence to the petitioner. The verification reports recorded that the petitioner was a person of good conduct, had no criminal antecedents, and had applied for the licence for self7 defence in view of threats to his life.

4. Further antecedent verification was sought from the police authorities at Varanasi, where the petitioner had earlier resided. The Varanasi police authorities initially submitted reports and recommendations between Augus