Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:110279-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 21627 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pavan Yadav Respondent :- Union Of India And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Mishra,Vinay Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents No.1 and 2. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition:- " i. Issue writ, order in nature of Mandamus directing and commanding the Respondent No.2 to issue the passport normal (fresh) pursuance to the application dated 21.05.2025 of the petitioner bearing Application File No.LK1065056575325, ignoring the criminal case bearing Case Crime No.139 of 2023, under Sections 147, 148, 323 IPC, P.S. Surauli, District Deoria, registered/ pending against the petitioner." 3. The passport has not been issued 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. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 Ashish/- (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad