Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16172-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 2364 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sarwar Alam Respondent :- Uoi Thru. Its Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rehan Ahmad Siddiqui Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard Shri Rehan Ahmad Siddiqui, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Counsel and Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 1 and 2. 2. The criminal case, which was pending prior to applying for issuance of a passport, has already been concluded. 3. In view of this, the petitioner should inform to the Regional Passport Officer the result of the said criminal case who may then to consider as to whether in spite of the result of the criminal proceedings the petitioner is entitled to issuance of a Passport or not in the light of the provisions of the Passport Act, 1967 and the Passport Manual and take a decision in this regard within a period of three weeks. 4. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. . (Om Prakash Shukla,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 20.3.2025 R.K.P. Digitally signed by :- RAJ KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench