HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 40088 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Krit Raj Singh, learned counsel for respondents. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has prayed for disposal of his application for re-issuance of passport pending with the concerned Regional Passport Officer. 3. Per contra, it is submitted by learned counsel for the respondents that the petitioner has been issued with the show cause notice to explain about the following criminal cases which are pending against him: (i) Case Crime No. 0391 of 2024, under Sections 115(2), 352, 351(3) BNS, Police Station - Barhalganj, District Gorakhpur. (ii) Case Crime No.- 0883 of 2024, under Sections 352, 351(3), 324(4), 126(2) BNS, Police Station - Barhalganj, District Gorakhpur. 4. In our considered view, petitioner should, in the first instance, take steps according to the guidelines and follow the procedures laid down in the judgment of this Court in the case of Rahimuddin vs. Union of India & Another (Neutral Citation No. – 2025:AHC:181505-DB) and recently in the case of Wajiruddin Khan v. Union of India & 2 Others, (Neutral Citation No. – 2026:AHC:138176-DB) and thereafter, the Regional Passport Officer shall dispose of the application of the petitioner in Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Basant Yadav, Shivam Singh Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Krit Raj Singh Gopal Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) accordance with guidelines laid down and timeline provided in the aforesaid judgments. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 5, 2026 A.K.Srivastava WRIC No. 40088 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad