Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:36351-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6034 of 2025 Petitioner :- Saheem Alias Sayed Saheem Ali Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Its Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arti Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard Ms. Arti Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for respondents No. 1 & 2 and learned Standing Counsel for respondents No. 3 & 4. 2. It has been submitted that the petitioner has moved an application for renewal/re-issuance of passport before respondent No.2 on 11.5.2025. It has been submitted that the petitioner seeks to go abroad for family livelihood but his passport has to be renewed/re-issued. Therefore, a prayer has been made for a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide his application with expedition. 3. Learned counsel for respondents have informed that a criminal case is pending against the petitioner and in such circumstances ordinarily in exercise of power under Section 6 of Passport Act such an application may not be favourably considered. 4. In any view of the matter, without entering into the merits of the case, once an application for passport has been made the same should be decided in accordance with law and Section 5/6 of the Passport Act by the Regional Passport Officer, hence let appropriate orders be passed expeditiously within three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him in accordance with law. 5. It is expected that the police verification report shall also be submitted during this time. Learned Standing Counsel assures this Court that needful exercise would be done by the competent authority in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid direction the application is disposed of. Order Date :- 25.6.2025 Vandana (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J) (Alok Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- VANDANA GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench