Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:10460-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1629 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohd. Sharif Ahmad Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Its Chief Passport Officer New Delhi And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Iqbal Ahmad Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior counsel and DSGI assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel appearing for respondents. The petitioner's application seeking permission/ NOC for issuance of passport and for going abroad is pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Balrampur. Ideally, a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India would have been the appropriate remedy, nevertheless, bereft of technicalities, let the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Balrampur consider and decide the said application in accordance with law at the earliest say within two weeks from the receipt of a certified copy of this order keeping in mind our judgments 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.'. The present petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (Om Prakash Shukla,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 18.2.2025 G. Singh/- Digitally signed by :- GURPREET SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench