Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142634-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27200 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mithilesh Kumar Singh Respondent :- Union Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Singh,Narendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Saurabh Kumar Tripathi Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Saurabh Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for respondents No. 1 & 2 and learned Standing Counsel for respondent No. 3. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing to the respondent no.2 to reissue/renewal passport in favour of the petitioner in File No. LK1070304448224 dated 29.10.2024 (which was registered Passport No.P7975329) within stipulated period fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently in view of pendency of a criminal 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 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. (R.M.N. Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 20.8.2025 gp Digitally signed by :- GANESH PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad