IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.4695 of 2026 DATED : 13-04-2026 Between :

Arif Mohiuddin.

… Petitioner.

And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents.

ORDER :

The present writ petition is filed by the petitioner under Article

226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief :

“…to declare the action of the respondent No.3 in issuing the Impugned Order No.HW-3/Arms/38/Home/2018 dated 05.02.2025 rejecting the request for renewal of Arms License as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, violative of the Arms Act, 1959 and in specific violation of the order of this Court in W.P.No.43892 of 2022 and consequently set aside the same and direct the respondents to forthwith renew/restore the Petitioner's Arms Licence No.

38/Home/2018.…”

2. Heard Sri P.Vishnuvardhana Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M.Srinivas, learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing Sri Mahesh Raje, learned Government Pleader for Home.

3. The Petitioner, a licensed arms holder under Licence No.

38/Home/2018, challenges the impugned ord