Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:12172-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 2179 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dhananjay Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Sahani Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned State Counsel and Sri Rajesh Tripathi for the respondent nos. 4 & 5. Petitioner has lost his passport and, therefore, an application for re-issuance of passport has been moved. Submission is that petitioner's application for re-issuance of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in criminal cases where the applicant has been bailed out. Reliance is placed upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors.), in order to contend that mere pendency of Case Crime No.1011 of 2020 and Case Crime No. 115 of 2021 cannot be a ground to deny re-issuance of passport to the petitioner. In the facts of the case, we permit the petitioner to approach the concerned court where the aforesaid cases are pending for grant of no objection certificate by the court concerned so that the passport authorities take a fresh decision in the matter relating to re-issuance of the petitioner's passport. Petitioner, therefore, is at liberty to approach the concerned court which shall act in terms of the law laid down in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (supra) and based upon its decision, the passport authorities would do the needful by passing appropriate orders within a further period of two months, thereafter. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 23.1.2025 Ranjeet Sahu Digitally signed by :- RANJEET SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad