Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:7739-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1128 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Singh Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mahendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard Shri Mahendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate & D.S.G.I. assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. The petitioner has applied for issuance of a passport but the said application is pending only on account of a criminal case having been filed against the petitioner which is still at the stage of investigation. 3. We have already considered a similar matter on 13.11.2024 while disposing of Writ - C No. 9541 of 2024; Sabhan Ali Vs. Union of India and Ors. in the following terms:- "1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate & D.S.G.I. assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. The petitioner has submitted an application for issuance of a passport on 24.07.2024 as is mentioned in para no.6 of the writ petition as he has to go abroad for employment purposes but the same is not being considered on account of pendency of criminal case against him details of which has been mentioned in para no.10 of the petition. The criminal case bears Case Crime No.179/2021 which has been lodged on 07.08.2021 under Sections-147, 148, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. P.S.-Sangrampur, District- Amethi. However, petitioner does not have any knowledge as to whether chargesheet has been filed or not. 3. In view of this, petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to find out as to whether chargesheet has been filed against him in the aforesaid criminal case or not. If it has been filed and the trial is pending then he will have to seek N.O.C./ permission from the court of competent criminal jurisdiction in the light of G.S.R. 370(E) dated 25.08.1993 and Notification dated 10.10.2019 and the decisions of this Court such as decision dated 20.11.2018 passed in Writ Petition No.31723 (M/B) of 2018 'Salim Kumar vs. Union of India & Ors.'; judgment dated 03.12.2022 rendered in Writ-C No.8621 of 2022 'Shiv Shankar vs. Union of India & Ors.'; decision dated 21.06.2022 rendered in Writ-C No.3617 of 2022 'Smt. Rashmi Kapoor vs. Union of India & Ors.'; a recent decision dated 21.10.2024 rendered by this very Division Bench in Writ-C No.8874 of 2024 'Shah Alam vs. Union of India & Ors.' on the same subject and the order passed today i.e. on 13.11.2024 in Writ-C No.9562 of 2024 'Anand Kumar Singh vs. Union of India'. However, if he finds that no such chargesheet has been filed and trial is not pending then he shall intimate Passport Officer about the same whereupon the Passport Officer shall take a decision in the matter in the light of the judgment dated 21.06.2024 passed by Bombay High Court in Writ Petition (L) No.14496 of 2024 'Kartik Vaman Bhatt vs. Union of India & Ors.' and judgment of this Court rendered in Writ-C No.9062 of 2023 'Amitab vs. Union of India' decided on 18.10.2023 at the earliest say within one month." 4. Let the Regional Passport Officer concerned take a decision in the matter in the light of the above quoted order, benefit of which shall be available to the petitioner herein also on the same terms. 5. Let the aforesaid decision be taken within a period of three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is submitted. 6. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. [Om Prakash Shukla, J.] [Rajan Roy, J.] Order Date :- 6.2.2025 -Piyush- Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench