HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10827 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and A.S.G.I. assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. The present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:- "i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the opposite party no.2 to decide the Petitioner's passport application dated 25.04.2025 and issue the passport to the Petitioner in accordance with law, in the interest of justice. ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the opposite party no.2 to decide the reply as well as application moved by the petitioner, within a time-bound period, in the interest of justice. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that during police verification process, a report mentioning three criminal cases lodged against the petitioner, was submitted. It has further been contended that no criminal case is pending against the petitioner as, the cases that have been lodged are either withdrawn by the prosecution or the petitioner has been acquitted, as also, the case lodged under the U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970, has lapsed due to a period of six months having lapsed. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vijayendra Prakash Tripathi, Ravindra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Ramesh Kumar Sahu .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 4. In light of the same, we are of the view that there is really no impediment in issuing the said passport to the petitioner. 5. We direct the passport authorities/Opposite Party No. 2 to consider the application of the petitioner dated 25.04.2025 and pass a reasoned order within a period of six weeks in accordance with law, after granting an opportunity of hearing. 6. If the application of the petitioner is found to be valid/eligible for issuance of passport, the authorities are directed to issue the passport to the petitioner within a period of ten weeks thereafter. 7. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. November 19, 2025 Lokesh Kumar WRIC No. 10827 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- LOKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench