Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:145023-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 28433 of 2025 Petitioner :- Neeraj Singh Chauhan Respondent :- Union Of India And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Basant Kumar Chauhan,Ram Dulare Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. Heard Shri Ram Dulare Chauhan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Ishan Basu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent nos.1 and 2. 2. The following prayers have been made in the present petition:- "a) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned adverse police report and show cause notice no. SCN/1049904250/25 dated 29.7.2025 passed by Regional Passport officer Lucknow regarding Fresh Passport Application No. LKH065289922 of petitioner. b) issue a writ, order or direction in nature of mandamus, commanding and directing the respondent no.2 to consider the Fresh Passport Application file No. LKH065289922 dated 1.7.2025. and issue the passport to the petitioner pertaining stipulated period. the application within the stipulated period." 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 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. (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 22.8.2025 Shiv Digitally signed by :- SHIV KUMAR SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SHIV KUMAR SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad