Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:138873-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27438 of 2025 Petitioner :- Meraz Ansari Respondent :- Union Of India And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Brijesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Suman Jaiswal Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard Shri Brijesh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Suman Jaiswal, learned counsel for respondents. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents particularly respondent no. 2 to renew/ reissue the passport normal pursuance to the application dated 03.07.2025 of the petitioner bearing Application File No. LK1075310169525, ignoring the criminal case lodged against the petitioner; vide F.I.R. dated 11.04.2025 in case crime no. 0135 of 2025, under section 191(2), 115(2) of B.N.S. at P.S. Salempur, District-Deoria, registered/pending against the petitioner." 3. Mrs. Suman Jaiswal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondents No. 1 & 2, on basis of written instructions received from Assistant Passport Officer, Lucknow, states that the petitioner was issued a show cause notice on 28 July 2025 seeking his explanation in regard to the pendency of criminal case against him. However, no explanation has been submitted so far. 4. The petitioner has applied for re-issuance of passport and the application filed in this behalf is stated to be pending apparently on account of Case Crime No. 0135 of 2025, under section 191(2), 115(2) of B.N.S. at Police Station Salempur, District Deoria, against the petitioner. 5. 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. 6. 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 :- 14.8.2025 Mukesh Kr. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad