HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 27665 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for respondents no. 1 & 2 and learned Standing Counsel for respondents no. 3, 4 & 5. 2. The following prayers have been made in the present petition: "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent No.2 to renew Passport No. L 6468608 issued in favour of petitioner to enable him to meet out his professional needs. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents authorities, not to interfere in any manner in peaceful international travel of the petitioner. iii. Issue any suitable writ, order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. iv. Award cost of the petition to the Petitioner throughout." 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Syed Ali Imam Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Annapurna Singh, C.S.C. Susheel Kumar Singh .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 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. September 15, 2025 A. Mandhani WRIC No. 27665 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK MANDHANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad