HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 32182 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Following prayers have been made in the present writ petition: "I) To issue, a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the Respondent No. 2 i.e. Regional Passport Officer, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow to renew the passport to the Petitioner. (II) To issue, a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 i.e. Regional Passport Officer, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow to decide the application dated 16.12.2024 of the Petitioner for renewing passport to the Petitioner." 2. The passport has not been renewed apparently on account of pendency of one criminal case against the petitioner (Case No. 471 of 2016 under Sections 279/338 of the I.P.C., P.S. Cantt). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner will obtain no objection from the concerned court and will file the same before the Passport Officer. 4. Sri Dharmendra Singh, Advocate appearing for respondent nos. 1 & 2 has placed on record the instructions received from the Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow, according to which the application for re-issue of passport was filed by the petitioner at Consulate General of India, Jeddah Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohd. Mobin Ansari Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Dharmendra Singh Ferat Mahtab Ansari .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) and not in any of the offices under the jurisdiction of Regional Passport Office, Lucknow and any of its offices located in 37 locations in U.P. 5. As counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner will obtain no objection from the concerned court, we dispose of the instant writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to obtain the said certificate and file the same before the competent authority so that the application filed by him is processed. September 16, 2025 A. Mandhani WRIC No. 32182 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK MANDHANI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad