HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37644 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Ms. Manshi Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Navin Chandra Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 2. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner seeks a relief in the nature of direction to the Regional Passport Officer to consider his application of petitioner for grant of fresh passport. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on account of one criminal case, petitioner's application has not been considered. 4. On the contrary, Sri Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 2 submits that petitioner was issued with show cause notice way back in the year 2021 and since he has not responded to the show cause notice, his application has been closed. However, petitioner may apply afresh. 5. In view of the above, we refuse to grant indulgence in the matter. However, liberty rests with the petitioner to apply afresh for grant of passport in the light of law laid Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manshi Upadhyay, Rajesh Kumar Patel, Shashi Shekhar Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Navin Chandra Srivastava Sunil Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 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). 6. With the aforesaid liberty this petition is consigned to records. October 5, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 37644 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad