Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:127954-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 25223 of 2025 Petitioner :- Saiyed Muhammad Talib Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Babu Lal Ram,Jyoti Bhushan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard Sri B.L Ram, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Suresh Chandra Mishra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3. 2. The case of the petitioner is that he has applied for issuance of a passport vide application dated 23.09.2024, but it has not been granted to him so far, apparently on account of pendency of a criminal case against him. 3. 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. 4. 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. (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 31.7.2025 Amit Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad