HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 28510 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashish Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jay Prakash Rai, learned counsel for respondents No. 1 & 2. 2. The following prayers have been made in the present petition: "I. Issue, a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.2- Regional Passport Officer, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow to reissue the passport in the favour of petitioner after considering his reply submitted on 15.07.2025 in File No.LK4070846139425 within specific period pending before him. II. issue, a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2-Regional Passport Officer, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow to re-issue passport in the favour of petitioner as early as possible." 3. The passport has not been reissued 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashish Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Jai Prakash Rai Nagendra Pratap Pradhan .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 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. September 22, 2025 gp WRIC No. 28510 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- GANESH PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad