HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 31914 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Neeraj Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel for respondents no. 1 & 2 and learned Standing Counsel for respondent no. 3. 2. The following prayer has been made in the present petition: "I. Issue a writ, order or direction in nature of mandamus commanding the respondent No. 2/Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Officer, Passport Office Complex (behind R.B.I.) Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow to issue passport to the petitioner, within stipulated time as fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. The passport has not been issued to the petitioner apparently in view of pendency of two criminal cases 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Neeraj Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Amzad Ali .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 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 12, 2025 gp WRIC No. 31914 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- GANESH PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad