Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:7730-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1134 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashish Singh Respondent :- Union Of India Thru Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Sajjad Husain,Mohd. Saud Khan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,G.A. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard Shri Sajjad Husain, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned Counsel for the Union of India. 2. After arguing the matter at some length, learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that he was not aware of the Notifications dated 25.08.1993 and 10.10.2019 referable to the Passport Act, 1967 which requires a No Objection Certificate/Permission from the Court where the criminal trial is pending for issuance of Passport and for going abroad as a pre- requisite for the Regional Passport Officer to consider the application for issuance of passport, therefore, he will withdraw the application which he has filed before the court below and file a fresh application in light of the aforesaid notifications seeking appropriate relief. 3. We grant aforesaid liberty to the petitioner. 4. With the aforesaid observations, 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