HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 33297 of 2025 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, J. HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Vishal Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Ritu, learned counsel for respondents No. 1 and 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 the nature of mandamus commanding respondent no. 2 the Regional Passport Officer, Ghaziabad to forthwith renew the Passport No. M2338029 of the petitioner within such stipulated period as may be specified by this Hon'ble Court;" 3. The petitioner has applied for re-issuance of passport and the application filed in this behalf is stated to be pending apparently on account of pendency of a criminal case bearing Case Crime No.154 of 2019, under Sections 420, 506 IPC & Section 13 of Gambling Act, Police Station Kotwali Hathras, District Hathras, 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 re-issuance of passport and the Regional Passport Officer shall act, accordingly. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vishal Agarwal Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Ritu Nitin Bagla .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 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 22, 2025 Anil WRIC No. 33297 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANIL KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad