HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 2664/2025 Parveen Kour & Anr. …..Petitioners Through: Ms. Nancy Mahajan, Advocate vice Mr. Dheeraj Sharma, Advocate Vs Union of India & Ors. .….Respondents Through: Mr. Vishal Sharma, DSGI with Mr. Eishaan Dadhichi, CGSC for R-1 & 2 Ms. Chetna Manhas, Assisting Counsel to Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG for R-3 to 6 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY DHAR, JUDGE ORDER (26.09.2025) 01. The petitioners have sought a direction upon respondent No. 4 to issue verification report for the purpose of issuance of their Passport with a further direction to respondent No. 2 to issue Passport in favour of the petitioners upon receipt of the verification report from respondent No. 4. 02. Issue notice to the respondents. 03. Mr. Eishaan Dadhichi, learned CGSC accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 1 and 2 and Ms. Chetna Manhas, assisting counsel to Mrs. Monika Kohli, learned Sr. AAG accepts notice on behalf of respondents No. 3 to 6. 04. The grievance of the petitioners is that they have applied for issuance of the Passport, vide application Nos. Serial No. 107 2 WP(C) No. 2664/2025 JM1C4098536223 and JM01C4098525488023, with respondent No. 2 but respondent No. 4 is not issuing the verification report in favour of the petitioners on account of reasons mentioned in the writ petition and the Passport of the petitioners are not being issued by respondent No. 2. 05. Having regard to the nature of the grievance projected by the petitioners by way of the present petition, the same can be disposed of, at this stage, by extending appropriate directions to respondents No. 2 and 4. 06. Accordingly, respondent No. 4 is directed to furnish verification report in respect of the applications of the petitioners to respondent No. 2 within a period of fifteen days whereafter respondent No. 2 shall on the basis of verification report of respondent No. 4 take a decision with regard to the issuance of the Passport of the petitioners most expeditiously in accordance with law preferably within a period of one month from the date verification report is received by respondent No. 2. 07. Disposed of, accordingly. (SANJAY DHAR) JUDGE JAMMU 26.09.2025 SUNIL