Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:144038-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 28114 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sudhir Mall Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Pandey,Pankaj Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Anil Kumar Rai,C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for respondent. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents no.2 to decide the application no. 25-2003351496 for renewal of passport of the petitioner within stipulated period as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court. Any other suitable direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently in view of pendency of a criminal case against the petitioner bearing Case Crime No. 397 of 2016 under Sections 147, 323, 504 and 506 IPC. 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. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 21.8.2025 Ankit. Digitally signed by :- ANKIT VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad