Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:73262-DB Court No. - 39 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 13256 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sohrab Ansari Respondent :- Union Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Neeraj Singh,Shaikh Mohd Mujib Ur Rahman,Varun Shukla,Yateesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Vivek Tripathi Hon'ble Arindam Sinha,J. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1. Mr. Neeraj Singh, learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, his client applied for passport but on adverse police report, the issuance has been held up. He relies on order dated 19th January, 2024 of co-ordinate Bench in a batch of writ petitions, leading case being Writ-C no. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India and two others), paragraph nos. 21 and 27. 2. None appears on behalf of Union of India in revised call. 3. A paragraph from requisition letter dated 12th March, 2025 issued by the Regional Passport Office, Lucknow is reproduced below. "You are therefore, called upon to provide a suitable explanation within 30 days. Please note that you are required to furnish a proper explanation regarding the the circumstances under which you had suppressed the material information in your passport application. Please be informed that in case of non response within the specified period, or a non-satisfactory response, you will be denied the passport against this or any future application unless cleared in appeal by the PSP Division or Court." 4. Petitioner will forthwith submit the clarifications sought by respondent no.2. On receipt thereof along with communication of certified copy of this order, either the passport be issued within three weeks thereafter or reason(s) for refusal communicated to petitioner. 5. The writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.5.2025 Mohini (Arindam Sinha, J.) (Avnish Saxena, J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHINI RAI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad