Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:49446-DB Court No. - 39 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9922 of 2025 Petitioner :- Salauddin Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinay Kumar Jaiswal,Vivek Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Ramesh Chandra Pandey Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ramesh Chandra Pandey, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. Petitioner's application for issuance of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in a criminal case. Reliance is placed upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors.), in order to contend that mere pendency of a N.C.R. cannot be a ground to deny issuance of passport to the petitioner. 3. In the facts of the case, we permit the petitioner to approach the concerned court where the aforesaid case is pending for grant of no objection certificate by the court concerned so that the passport authorities may take a fresh decision in the matter relating to issuance of the petitioner's passport. The petitioner, therefore, is at liberty to approach the concerned court which shall act in terms of the law laid down in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (supra) and based upon its decision, the passport authorities would do the needful by passing appropriate orders within a further period of two months, thereafter. 4. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.4.2025 M.S. Ansari (Dr. Y.K. Srivastava,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHD SAQIB ANSARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad