Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11165-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1349 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shrish Singh Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs Ne Delhi And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Sajjad Husain,Mohd. Saud Khan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,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 neither 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 prerequisite for the Regional Passport Officer to consider the application for issuance of passport nor about the decision of this Court 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.'; decision dated 13.11.2024 passed in Writ-C No.9562 of 2024 and 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.', 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 and decisions 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 :- 14.2.2025/Shanu/- Digitally signed by :- SHANU SUMAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench