HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30852 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vivek Tripathi, learned counsel for respondents No. 1 & 2, and learned Standing Counsel for respondents no. 3 and 4. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "I. Issue writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing to the Respondent No. 2 to renew/reissue passport of the petitioner on the online application/file no. BL7070897703425 dated 07.04.2025 of petitioner, pending in the office of Respondent no. 2, forthwith." 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jayant Prakash Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Vivek Tripathi Mohd. Muttaqi .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) to take further action in the matter taking into notice the no-objection granted by the court. September 4, 2025 gp WRIC No. 30852 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- GANESH PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad