Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:38664-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6399 of 2025 Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Maurya Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sarvesh Singh,Vijay Pathak Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard. 2. After hearing the parties what comes out is that though an FIR was lodged against the petitioner bearing Case Crime No.0216 of 2021 under Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC at police station Aaspur Devsara, District Pratapgarh, as mentioned in paragraph 10 of the petition, a charge sheet bearing no. 237 has been filed in the said criminal case on 05.11.2021, as informed by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for opposite party no.1 and 2- Union of India on the basis of police verification report, a copy of which has been provided to us, which is taken on record. 3. In these circumstances, therefore, in view of our earlier decisions 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 passed in Writ C No.8621 of 2022; Shiv Shankar vs. Union of India and others; decision dated 21.06.2022 rendered in Writ-C No.3617 of 2022 Smt. Rashmi Kapoor vs. Union of India and others; decision dated 13.11.2024 passed in Writ-C No.9562 of 2024 'Anand Kumar Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors.' 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.' and also the decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 10.10.2019 passed in SLP (C) No.7481/2024 'Rita Verma Vs. Union of India and Others', let the petitioner seek permission/no objection from the court where the criminal case is pending in the light of the notification referred in our judgments and thereafter if such permission/no objection is granted, then the petitioner can apprise the Regional Passport Officer about the said order and the Regional Passport Officer shall take a decision in this matter, however, if the permission/no objection is not granted, then the petitioner will have to avail other remedies. 4. The petition is disposed of accordingly. . (Om Prakash Shukla, J.)(Rajan Roy, J.) Order Date :- 8.7.2025 Arnima Digitally signed by :- ARNIMA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ARNIMA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench