Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:23967-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4819 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dileep Kumar Yadav Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhishek Srivastava,Bhupendra Kumar Pandey,Satyadev Singh Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Vipin Chandra Dixit,J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Union of India. 2. This writ petition has been filed for the following relief :- "a. Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing Respondent No. 2, the Regional Passport Officer, to issue his passport forthwith, and further prayed that Respondent No. 3 and 4, the Passport Seva Kendra, Varanasi and State of U.P. be directed to take all appropriate measures to process his passport application without delay, notwithstanding the alleged reports arising from the pendency of a single criminal case. b. Pass any other order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice" 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that identical issue had already been considered and decided by a Division Bench of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors. vide judgement and order dated January 19, 2024 [Neutral Citation No.- 2024:AHC:26720-DB]), therefore, this writ petition may also be disposed of, on the same terms and conditions. 4. Learned counsels for the respondents do 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 and order dated January 19, 2024 passed in the case of Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (Supra). Order Date :- 19.2.2025 Kpy (Vipin Chandra Dixit, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- KAVLESHWAR PRASAD YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad