HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30104 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ved Mani Tiwari, Advocate appearing on behalf of and learned counsel for the respondents No.1, 2 and 3 and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition:- " i. It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to issue mandamus to direct the respondent authority for approval of the passport during the pendency of this writ petition." 3. The passport of the petitioner is not being issued apparently in view of pendency of criminal case against the petitioner bearing Case Crime No.0256 of 2019, Under Sections 504, 323, 336, 354, 452 and 147 I.P.C., Police Station- Bela, District Auraiya. 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sandeep Kumar Maurya, Vimal Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Ankit Sharma .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 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 1, 2025 Ashish/- WRIC No. 30104 of 2025 2 (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad