HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9276 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Varun Pandey, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the following main prayer:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus ordering the opposite parties to renew/ reissue the passport of the petitioner bearing Passport Application Reference number 25- 0002506358 (Annexure No.8) and File Number LK3070764182825 of the Passport Bearing No.R7760559 valid from 19.02.2018 to 18.02.2028." 3. It is the case of the petitioner that he had applied for reissue/ renewal of his passport which was refused only on the ground that the police had submitted a report regarding an F.I.R. No.0128 of 2013 having been registered at Police Station Chowk, District Lucknow under Sections 427, 436, 148, 147, 153 and 160 of the I.P.C. and F.I.R. No.146 of 2013 at Police Station Bazarkhala under Section 454 of the I.P.C. It has been submitted on the basis of judgment rendered by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Basoo Yadav vs. Union of India and others (WRIT-C No.-29605 of 2022) decided on 16.12.2022, that issuance of passport cannot be refused only on the ground of registration of F.I.R. as charge- Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sridhar Awasthi Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. Mirza Mohd. Yasoob Abbas .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) sheet has not been filed till date. A show-cause notice has been issued to the petitioner on 11.07.2025 to which the petitioner has submitted his reply on 24.08.2025, but nothing has been done in the matter. Hence this petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the Union of India has pointed out that a show cause notice has been issued to the petitioner on 11.07.2025, a copy of which is filed as Annexure-3 to the writ petition, but it is not clear as to whether reply to the said show-cause notice has been received in the office of the respondent no.2. 5. The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file his reply to the show cause notice dated 11.07.2025, along with documentary evidence and relevant case law, before the respondent no.2, who shall pass a reasoned and speaking order, on such reply of the petitioner, within a period of three weeks thereafter. September 23, 2025 Rahul WRIC No. 9276 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAHUL TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench