Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:136719-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 25928 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bhola Yadav Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhirendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Chandra Shaikhar Vaish Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Chandra Shaikhar Vaish, learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. The following prayers have been made in the present petition:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of Mandamus to the respondents authority to Renew the passport No. G2814763 in favour of petitioner. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of Mandamus to the respondents authority to decide the passport renewal application dated 12.06.2025 bearing ARN No. 25-0054594855." 3. The passport of the petitioner is not being renewed apparently in view of pendency of a criminal case and also a complaint 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 renewal 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. . (R.M.N. Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 12.8.2025 Dhirendra/ Digitally signed by :- DHIRENDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad