HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30746 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. The following prayers have been made in the present petition:- "(a). Issue a writ, order and direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the objection raised by the respondent no.2 (Annexure No.5) and further be directed to renew the passport of the petitioner. (b). Issue a writ, order and direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondent No.2 to issue a provisional passport to the petitioner for a minimum period for one year." 2. The petitioner has applied for issuance of passport before respondent No.2 while he was in Oman, Muscat. It appears that the request has not been granted so far on account of pendency of a criminal case against the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not disputed about the pendency of criminal case against the petitioner. He submits that the petitioner be granted provisional passport to enable him to return to country and thereafter he will apply for no-objection from the concerned court to facilitate issuance of passport. 4. Shri Ravi Prakash Singh appearing for respondents No.1, 2 and 3 admits that the petitioner can be granted Emergency Certificate in terms Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pawan Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Ravi Prakash Singh Sohan Singh .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) of Section 4(2)(a) of the Passports Act, 1967 to enable him to return to country and thereafter apply for no-objection from the concerned court, so that his request for renewal of the passport is considered. 5. In view of the above, we dispose of the instant petition with liberty to the petitioner to apply for Emergency Certificate and in the event any such request is made, the same shall be considered within three weeks. The petitioner after returning to the country may obtain no-objection from the concerned criminal court in terms of the law laid down 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, so that his application for grant of passport is processed. September 11, 2025 Ashok Kr. WRIC No. 30746 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad