Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:125971-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 24607 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vivekanand Shukla Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Chandra Prakash Misra Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Sanjay Dwivedi Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel for the respondent No.1 and 2 and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition:- " i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing/commanding the respondent No.2 to issue a passport of petitioner as possi9ble as early within a stipulated period." 3. The passport of the petitioner is not being renewed apparently in view of pendency of criminal case against the petitioner bearing Case Crime No. 543 of 2020, under Sections 147, 452, 323, 325, 504, 506, 427, 188 IPC, and Section 5 of Disaster Management Act, 2005. 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 :- 29.7.2025 Ashish/- (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad