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NOIDA: The district administration has decided to stop issuing any new arms licences, though it has received 9,000 applications in the past two months alone for the same, as the general elections are around the corner. It is a long procedure and people try to get a licence using all the good offices they have. On an average, 150 applications are received per day,” an official told TOI. “Hence, many important tasks of the government are getting affected. However, later the court lifted the stay order.In his order on January 6, district magistrate BN Singh has said that many people were seen making rounds of the offices to complete the procedure of getting an arms licence..