Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:136284-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 25735 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sandip Prasad Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kuldeep Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Ishan Shishu Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard Shri Kuldeep Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Ishan Shishu, learned counsel for respondents No. 1 to 3 and learned standing counsel for respondent No. 4. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "a writ, order direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 and 3 to take appropriate decision on the application submitted by the petitioner bearing File No. LK1070754410625, dated 21.02.2025 for reissue of his passport, expeditiously within time bound period as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently on account of Case Crime No. 192 of 2016, under Sections 147 & 323 IPC, Police Station Rampur Karkhana, District Deoria 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 :- 12.8.2025 Mukesh Kr. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad