HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 26594 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. The petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing respondent No. 2 to renew/re-issue passport in his favour for a period of ten years. 2. It is admitted that the petitioner was issued show cause notice on 15 April 2025 seeking his explanation in respect of pendency of a criminal case against him. 3. Counsel for the petitioner admits that the petitioner has not replied to the said notice so far. He states that in the said criminal case, no charge- sheet has been filed so far. 4. As petitioner has not given any explanation to the Passport Officer in pursuance of the show cause notice issued to him, therefore, we dispose of the instant writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to submit proper reply along with supporting evidence so that the application for renewal is processed expeditiously. September 8, 2025 Mukesh Kr. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Santosh Kumar Tiwari, Santosh Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Raman Saxena (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Siddhartha Singhal .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad