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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:144565-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27499 of 2025 Petitioner :- Akhilesh Chauhan Respondent :- Union Of India And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Bhuvnesh Kumar Singh,Ramesh Chandra Nigam Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.
1. The instant petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent No.2 to renew/re-issue passport in favour of the petitioner in pursuance of his application dated 04.06.2025.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present status as is being displayed on the official portal is :-
" Police Verification Report is not clear and application under review at Regional Passport Office."
3. It is submitted that only one criminal case is pending against the petitioner and in respect thereof, the petitioner would obtain no-objection from the concerned jurisdictional criminal court as laid down by this Court in Writ-C No.41540 of 2023 Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India and others, and a direction be issued to respondent No.2 to process the application, as soon as the same is granted.
4. Notice on behalf of the respondents has been accepted by the learned Additional Solicitor General of India, but no one is present on their behalf, even in the revised call.
5. In such circumstances, we are of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending.
6. As prayed by learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to obtain no-objection from the concerned jurisdictional court, and submit it before respondent No.2, so that his application is processed in accordance with law, expeditiously. Order Date :- 22.8.2025 Ashish/- (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad