Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:137076-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27000 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sunil Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Prabha Shanker Tripathi Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondents and Shri Prabha Shanker Tripathi, learned counsel for the Passport Office. 2. The petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus commanding respondent no.2 to decide his online application dated 09.11.2022 for issuance of passport to him. 3. According to the petitioner, the passport is not being issued to him in view of a criminal case bearing Case Crime No. 1525 of 2018 under Sections 147, 323, 354Kha, 307, 452, 504, 506 and 447 IPC registered against him but in which, final report has now been submitted. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner fairly accepts that the final report has not been accepted so far. 5. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, we dispose of the instant petition with liberty to the petitioner to request the concerned Magistrate by means of an appropriate application for finalization of the case registered on basis of the final report. We further provide that, in case, any such application is filed, the learned Magistrate will ensure that the case is decided positively within six weeks provided, there is no legal impediment. 6. In case, the final report is accepted, the petitioner shall be at liberty to bring the said fact to the notice of the Regional Passport Officer so that his application for issuance of passport is disposed of without any further delay. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 12.8.2025 Ankit. Digitally signed by :- ANKIT VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad