HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 39092 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Sri V.K.Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Anil Kumar Rai, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1, 3 & 4 and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. By means of present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for following reliefs: "a). Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing respondent authorities to close/ revoke of the passport number and file number of the passport of the petitioner being No. R8920288, File No.- LK1062173945018 in the name of Satnarayan, Passport No. V0341070 file No. LK1064859183020 in the name of Narayan Yadav and Passport No. C6282592 file No. LK1070506896424 in the name of Narayan Yadav and issued the closer report." 3. It is contended on behalf of the respondent that petitioner has fraudulently obtained two passports, and therefore, now action is being taken against him under the Passport Act, 1967 read with relevant rules. He submits that petitioner has criminal liability also for defrauding with Regional Passport Office. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner at this stage submits that he is ready to surrender the passport. 5. In the given facts and circumstances of the case, we are disposing of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Samir Tiwari, Vinay Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Anil Kumar Rai, C.S.C. Satyanarayan .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) this petition with direction to the petitioner to appear before the Regional Passport Officer on or before 16th November, 2026 surrendering both the passport and in the event petitioner surrenders both the passports in original alongwith application that he wants to surrender the passport, Regional Passport Officer shall accept the same, however, mere surrendering of passport will not absolve the petitioner from any liability under the Passport Act, 1967 or any criminal liability under criminal law. October 7, 2026 Atmesh WRIC No. 39092 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ATMESH KESARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad