HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 31251 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Sita Ram Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Anju Srivastava, learned counsel for respondents No. 1, 2 & 3. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "i. A writ, order or direction in nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 and 3 for approval of the passport in light of case Pawan Rajbhar Vs. Union of India of this Hon'ble Court." 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 to take further action in the matter taking into notice the no- objection granted by the court. September 10, 2025 gp Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sitaram Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Suraj Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- GANESH PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad