Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:103530-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 17494 of 2025 Petitioner :- Deepak Pandey Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinay Kumar Jaiswal Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Ashish Tripathi,C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard Shri Vinay Kumar Jaiswal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Ashish Tripathi, learned counsel for respondents no.1, 3 and 4. 2. The following prayers have been made in the present petition: "A. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no.3/4 to issue passport in favour of the petitioner as early as possible within stipulated period. B. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no. 5 not to make impediment in making verification for the passport of petitioner on account of the first information report in Case Crime No.449 of 2022 under Section 506, 353, 323, 307, 148, 147 I.P.C., P.S. Gagaha, District Gorakhpur." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently in view of pendency of a criminal case against the petitioner. 4. It has been held by a Coordinate Bench in Writ-C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar vs. Union of India and 2 others) and other connected matters decided on 19.01.2024 that in such an event, it is open to the person concerned to seek no-objection from the jurisdictional criminal court in respect of grant of passport and the Regional Passport Officer shall act, accordingly. 5. In view of the aforesaid position, we dispose of the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to apply before the concerned court for no-objection and in case, the same is granted, the Regional Passport Officer shall proceed to take further action in the matter taking into notice the no-objection granted by the court. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 3.7.2025 Ankit. Digitally signed by :- ANKIT VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad