Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:21451-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4220 of 2025 Petitioner :- Manoj Kumar Yadav Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Neha Rani,Satyvendra Singh Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Vipin Chandra Dixit,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Arvind Kumar Goswami, learned counsel for the respondents. Petitioner's application for renewal of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in Case Crime No.488 of 2017 as well as Case Crime No. 228 of 2017. Reliance is placed upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors.), in order to contend that mere pendency of criminal cases cannot be a ground to deny renewal of passport to the petitioner. In the facts of the case, we permit the petitioner to approach the concerned court where the aforesaid cases are pending for grant of no objection certificate by the court concerned so that the passport authorities take a fresh decision in the matter relating to renewal of the petitioner's passport. Petitioner, therefore, is at liberty to approach the concerned court which shall act in terms of the law laid down in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (supra) and based upon its decision, the passport authorities would do the needful by passing appropriate orders within a further period of two months, thereafter. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 14.2.2025 Anil Digitally signed by :- ANIL KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad