HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 31373 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Shri Arvind Nath Agrawal, learned counsel for respondents Nos.1 & 2 and learned standing counsel for State respondents. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "A. To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to directing the respondent passport authority to issue passport in favour of petitioner in view of his passport Application File No.LK1065229868225 dated 18.06.2025, within specific period." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently on account of Crime No.614 of 2014, under Sections 323 & 354 IPC and Sections 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station Bhatani, District Deoria 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- Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kumar Ashutosh Srivastava, Nagendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Sheshnath Chauhan .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 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 Prachi WRIC No. 31373 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRACHI KESARWANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad