Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:107471-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 18136 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ketan Singhal Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. The following prayers have been made in the writ petition:- "(i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent Nos.2 and 3 to issue (reissue) passport in favour of the petitioner in accordance with law, within stipulated time period. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent authorities to take appropriate action upon the application of the petitioner dated 27.07.2024 and pass a reasoned and speaking order within stipulated time period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 2. Sri Ved Mani Tiwari, Advocate appearing for the Regional Passport Office, Ghaziabad has placed on record the written instructions dated 03.07.2025 received from Senior Superintendent (Policy), Regional Passport Office, Ghaziabad. The stand taken therein is that while applying for renewal of the passport, petitioner changed his date of birth from 09.07.1991 recorded in the earlier passport to 9.07.1994 i.e. a change of three years. He was issued show cause notices dated 13.09.2024 and 21.02.2025, but he did not offer any explanation nor produced the relevant documents and therefore, the file was closed. 3. It is stated that in the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the petitioner will have to apply afresh. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the instant petition with liberty to the petitioner to apply afresh. 5. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to move afresh, and in which event the application will be considered by the respondents, in accordance with law. (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 8.7.2025/Amit Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad