Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:33847-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 5547 of 2025 Petitioner :- Angelina Iris Nayyar Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt.Of External Affairs Govt. Of India New Delhi And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Manish Vaish,Anupam Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Varun Pandey who appears on behalf of the State respondent. This petition has been filed with the following main prayer :- "(i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of 'certiorari' for quashing of the order dated 25.04.2025 (Annexur No.1) passed by the Respondent no.2 i.e. Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Regional Passport Complex, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow vide letter reference no. IMP/ 1049113609/25 which has been send to the petitioner through email dated 25.04.2025 by which the passport of the petitioner bearing Passport No.C4598660 has been impounded in an illegal and arbitrary manner. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of 'Mandamus' commanding the Respondents to release the passport of the petitioner from impounding imposed by the respondent no.2 on 25.04.2025 and the petitioner may be permitted to hold/ possess the passport bearing passport no. C 4598660 without any restrictions on the basis of any criminal case and also the petitioner may be permitted to travel the abroad on passport no C4598660." It appears that a show cause notice was issued by the Regional Passport Officer to the petitioner and the petitioner has submitted a reply enclosing therewith order dated 22.8.2024 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow in Criminal Case No.91577/2022 [State of U.P. vs. Sunil Naiyyar and Others], a copy of the order dated 22.8.2024 has been filed as Annexure No.6 to the petition. It has been submitted that the Regional Passport Officer has not considered the order passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate and has impounded the passport of the petitioner which is valid till 23.7.2025. The opposite party no.2 is directed to revisit the order impounding the petitioner's passport in light of the order dated 22.8.2024 and pass an appropriate reasoned and speaking order within two weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. The petitioner may move a fresh application enclosing the order dated 22.8.2024. With the aforesaid the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 30.5.2025 mks Digitally signed by :- MANISH SAXENA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench