HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 27161 of 2025 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE NEERAJ TIWARI, J. HON'BLE VIVEK KUMAR SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Purnendu Kumar Singh, learned standing counsel for the respondents. 2. Present petition has been filed seeking following relief:- "I). Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents no. 02 i.e. Regional Passport office, Lucknow and respondent no. 3 i.e. Superintendent of Passport of Sewa Kendra, District-Fatehpur to decide the petitioner's Passport renewal/re-issue Application No. LK01C4007382424 dated 05.02.2024, within some stipulated period of time." 3. Pursuant to order of this Court dated 20.08.2025, affidavit of compliance has been filed on behalf of respondent No. 2, which is taken on record. 4. Along with compliance affidavit, letter dated 02.04.2025 is also annexed, which says that in case petitioner files fresh application for passport, same shall be decided in accordance with law. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he would submit the fresh application for issuance of passport within two weeks. He lastly submitted that respondent No. 2 may be directed to decide the application and issue passport in a time bound manner. 6. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Vinayak Ranjan, Yash Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Purnendu Kumar Singh, Shashi Shankar Tripathi Shashwat Garg .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) disposed of with liberty to petitioner to move fresh application for passport before respondent No. 2 within two weeks from today. In case any such application is filed, respondent No. 2 is directed to decide the same in accordance with law, if possible within a period of eight weeks thereafter. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the case on merits. It is upon respondent No. 2 to pass order after considering the relevant Rules as well as facts of the case. October 29, 2025 ADY WRIC No. 27161 of 2025 2 (Vivek Kumar Singh,J.) (Neeraj Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMAR DEEP YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad