HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9574 of 2025 Court No. - 16 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for the following substantial reliefs : "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding and directing the opposite parties especially opposite party no. 2 i.e. Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Vipin Khnad, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow to issue passport of the petitioner, in the interest of justice. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding and directing the opposite parties not to prevent the petitioners from exercising the fundamental right to move freely and to go abroad enshrined in Article 21 of Constitution of India, in the interest of justice." 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that identical issue had already been considered and decided by the Division Bench of this Court in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar v. Union of India and others, Neutral Citation No. - Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vinay Kumar, Akansha Pathak, Alok Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. Raj Dubey .....Petitioner(s) Uoi Thru. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) 2024:AHC:26720-DB, therefore, this writ petition may also be disposed of, on the same terms and conditions. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents does not dispute that the controversy involved in this matter is squarely covered by the aforesaid judgement. 5. In view of the aforesaid submissions, the present writ petition is finally disposed of in terms of the judgement rendered in the case of Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (Supra). October 6, 2025 cks/- WRIC No. 9574 of 2025 2 (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- CHANDRA KANT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench