HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9649 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel, who appears on behalf of the State-opposite parties no. 3 and 4 and Sri Varun Pandey, who appears on behalf of opposite parties no.1 and 2. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the following main prayers:- "(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, thereby directing to the opposite party No.2 Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Complex, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, who may reissue the new copy of the passport, in place of passport No. S1310316 (cancelled due to torn/damaged of some portion of binding of passport No. S-1310316) to the petitioner, as pending for its reissuance since 11-03-2025, before the opposite party no. 2, within stipulated time, in the interest of justice. (ii) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, thereby directing to the opposite party No.2, who may take expeditious appropriate decision towards reissue the passport to the petitioner, in the interest of justice.” 3. It is the case of the petitioner that police verification report has been repeatedly sent against the issuance of the passport to the petitioner although the trial court has passed an order in his favour. However, it is not disputed that the petitioner had confessed before the trial court and the learned trial court had imposed a fine of Rs.1,000/-, which was deposited by the petitioner on the same date i.e. 22.04.2018. 4. Sri Varun Pandey, on the basis of instructions, says that since twice adverse police verification report has been sent by the police station Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Girish Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Waleem Ahmad Sakeel Ahmad .....Petitioner(s) U.O.I. Thru. Prin. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) concerned, a letter has been sent by the Regional Passport Officer to the police station concerned seeking a reason for repeated adverse verification reports and for a fresh verification report from the Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali Rudauli, District Ayodhya and as soon as such report is made available, appropriate order shall be passed by the Regional Passport Officer. 5. Counsel for the petitioner has stated that passport of the petitioner is valid till 2028, and, therefore, he applied for re-issue of the passport with the same passport number. 6. Sri Varun Pandey says that as per the Rules even re-issue of passport would require fresh police verification report and they are waiting for the fresh verification report from the Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali Rudauli, District Ayodhya. 7. This writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station Kotwali Rudauli, District Ayodhya to send the fresh verification report as required by opposite party no.2 within three weeks from today. Opposite party no.2 shall thereafter pass an appropriate order within a further period of three weeks. September 26, 2025 Rao/- WRIC No. 9649 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- CHEBROLU SRINIVASA RAO High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench