HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 34920 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE MRS. SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI, J. 1. Heard Sri Anil Kumar, leaned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Sri Ashish Tripathi, learned panel counsel appearing for respondent nos. 1 to 3. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for a direction in the nature of a writ of mandamus to command the passport authority to release the passport of the petitioner bearing No. U3544357, taking the plea that the sole criminal case registered against him under Section 13 of the Gambling Act now stands compounded vide order dated 08.03.2025 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Case No. 2162 of 2018. A certified copy of the said order has been brought on record. 3. Sri Ashish Tripathi, learned Panel Counsel for respondent nos. 1 to 3, submits that the petitioner was served with a notice, and in response thereto, he has already supplied the copy of the order passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. It is further submitted that the petitioner's application is now under process. The instructions dated 24.09.2025 are taken on record. 4. In view of the above, it is expected that the competent Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anil Kumar, Prateek Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Ashish Tripathi Shahdan Mohd .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) authority shall complete the necessary exercise and take a decision regarding the issuance of the passport as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one month from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. 5. The writ petition is disposed of. October 7, 2025 Gaurav WRIC No. 34920 of 2025 2 (Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- GAURAV PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad