HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30895 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. The petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus commanding respondent no. 2 to re-issue/renew the passport of the petitioner in pursuance of his application dated 02.06.2025. 2. It is admitted that at present, the petitioner is in Bahrain. He has applied for passport through the Embassy. It is also admitted to the petitioner that one criminal case is pending against the petitioner and he has to obtain no objection from concerned criminal court in terms of judgement of the Division Bench of this Court in Writ-C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors, (Neutral Citation No. 2024:AHC:26720-DB), for obtaining the passport. The said certificate has not been granted in favour of the petitioner so far. 3. Sri Ajit Kumar Srivastava, Advocate appearing for Respondents No. 1, 2 & 3 submits that the petitioner can be granted emergency certificate as provided under Section 4(2)(a) of the Passport Act, 1967 and after returning to country, he can apply afresh for grant of passport along with no objection from the concerned court. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner would apply for grant of emergency certificate and that he would apply afresh for grant of passport once he returns to the country. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit application for issuance of emergency certificate and in which Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amrendra Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Mahesh Tiwari .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) event the respondent shall process the application expeditiously according to law. 6. Once the petitioner returns to the country, it shall be open to him to apply for renewal of the passport along with no objection certificate. September 8, 2025 A. Mandhani WRIC No. 30895 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK MANDHANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad