HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7554 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, J. HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J. 1. Heard Sri Prabhat Singh Rathaur, holding brief of Sri Piyush Shrivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Arun Kumar Pandey, learned AGA for the State-opposite parties no.1, 3 & 5. Notice for opposite party no.2 has been accepted by Sri Varun Pandey, learned Advocate. 2. In view of the proposed order, notice to opposite party no.4 is hereby dispensed with. 3. By means of this petition, the petitioners have prayed following main reliefs:- "i. Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction thereby commanding the opposite parties not to harass the Petitioners through coercive phone calls, unwarranted inspections, verbal abuse, or threats of prosecution in connection with the lawful renting of the Property to foreign female nationals, in the interest of justice. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding the opposite parties to direct the Respondents to provide a written clarification of any alleged non-compliance, specifying the exact provisions violated, and grant the Petitioner a fair opportunity to respond, in accordance with principles of natural justice. iii. Award the cost of the writ petition to the petitioners to the tune of Rs. 5,00,000/ for Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Piyush Shrivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., A.S.G.I., Dheerendra Singh, Onkar Nath Pandey Shuaib Khan And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Others .....Respondent(s) mental agony, reputational harm, and financial losses caused by the opposite parties' arbitrary, harassing, and malafide actions." 4. Sri Pandey has produced copy of instructions letter dated 08.09.2025 provided by one Sri Arun Pratap Saroj, Sub Inspector, Police Station- Mahanagar, District- Lucknow, the same is taken on record. 5. As per the aforesaid instructions, since the foreign nationals were provided property on rent by the petitioners, therefore, for the purposes of verification of their documents e.g. visa, passport etc., information was sought from the petitioners but they are not being harassed by any of the police officers. 6. In the wake of aforesaid instructions letter, we do not find any reason to keep this petition pending any longer, therefore, without entering into merits of the issue, we hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage having expectation from the petitioners to cooperate with the authorities providing required information in respect of foreign nationals and at the same time, it is expected from the police authorities not to exert any undue pressure upon the petitioners. September 9, 2025 RBS/- CRLP No. 7554 of 2025 2 (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench