Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4264 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohammad Adnan Respondent :- Union Of Inida Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Other Counsel for Petitioner :- Surendra Kumar Yadav,Bhanu Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard. The passport of the petitioner has already expired on 17.05.2025. Petition has been filed through a power of attorney holder because the petitioner is in U.A.E.. There is a criminal case pending against him. Renewal of the passport has been declined on account of pendency of criminal case details of which has been mentioned in para no. 9 of the writ petition. If the petitioner is residing abroad then he may apply for emergency certificate as provided under Section 4 (2) of the Passport Act, 1967 and the Passport Manual for entering into India and seeking permission/N.O.C. from the Court where the criminal proceedings are pending in view of the decision dated 03.12.2022 in Writ C No.8621 of 2022; Shiv Shankar vs. Union of India and others and the earlier decision on the subject in the case of Salim Khan vs. Union of India and Ors; Writ Petition No.31723 (M/B) of 2018 dated 20.11.2018 and judgment dated 21.06.2022 rendered in Writ C No.3617 of 2022 ; Smt. Rashmi Kapoor vs. Union of India and others. If such a permission/ No Objection Certificate is granted by the Court concerned, the same shall be submitted before the Regional Passport Officer who shall consider the application of the petitioner accordingly, as per law but with expedition say, within one month of submission of such No Objection Certificate/ permission. The writ petition is disposed of. [Manish Kumar, J.] [Rajan Roy,J] Order Date :- 28.7.2025 Ashish Digitally signed by :- ASHISH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench