HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 39733 of 2026 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. The petitioner's passport has expired on 18.09.2026 in a foreign land i.e. the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He seeks a direction to the Passport Authority to decide his application for reissue of a passport in accordance with law. 2. We are afraid that in these circumstances, on the existing state of things, this direction cannot be issued. 3. However, we direct that in the event, the petitioner makes an application to the Consulate General of India, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the Embassy, whoever might be the competent authority under Section 4(2)(a) of the Passports Act, 1967 for the issue of an Emergency Certificate, enabling him to travel back home, the Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi shall ensure that appropriate orders are made on the said application and the necessary certificate promptly granted to the petitioner. 4. It shall be open to the petitioner, once he returns to India, to make an application to the jurisdictional Regional Passport Officer for the reissue Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Upadhyay, Dhiraj Kumar Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Rajesh Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Union of India and others .....Respondent(s) of a passport. 5. The petition stands disposed of in terms of the orders aforesaid. 6. This order has been passed in the presence of learned Counsel for parties. 7. Let this order be placed before the learned Additional Solicitor General of India for urgent communication to respondent no. 1, within 24 hours next. September 30, 2026 I. Batabyal WRIC No. 39733 of 2026 2 (Indrajeet Shukla,J.) (J.J. Munir,J.) Digitally signed by :- ISHAN BATABYAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad