HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30288 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Saurabh Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for respondents nos. 1 and 2. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: - "Issue a Writ, Order or Direction in the nature of mandamus commanding/ directing the respondents particularly respondent no. 2 to re-issue a passport normal of the petitioner in pursuance of application bearing application/file no. 240017107612 dated 29.10.2024, ignoring the criminal case bearing case crime no. 540 of 2015 under section 147, 452, 308, 436, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. 1860 police station Jataha Bazar, District Kushinagar dated 25.09.2015 and case crime no. 0542 of 2015 under section 147, 332, 353, 504, 506 I.P.C. and 31-A Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 1934 Police Station Jataha Bazar District Kushinagar Date 26.09.2015 registered/pending against the petitioner and pleased to pass any suitable order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstance of the case, as Annexure No.3 & 5 in the writ petition." 3. The application of the petitioner for renewal of passport is pending apparently in view of pendency of two criminal cases 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 renewal of passport and the Regional Passport Officer shall act, accordingly. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akal Raj Singh, Upendra Kumar Pushkar Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Saurabh Kumar Tripathi Manoj Kumar Gautam .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And Another .....Respondent(s) 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 10, 2025 Jaideep/- WRIC No. 30288 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- JAIDEEP BANERJEE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad