Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15130-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 2351 of 2025 Petitioner :- Salahuddeen Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Chandra Bhooshan,Brijesh Kumar,Vaishali Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard. 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 :- 12.3.2025 Gurpreet Singh Digitally signed by :- GURPREET SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench