HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 38903 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 Anant Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel holding brief of Sri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel for Union of India. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has prayed for disposal of his application for fresh 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. 143 of 2022, P.S. Nawabad District Jhansi (ii) case crime no. 63 of 2016, P.S. Babina, District Jhansi (iii) case crime no. 1708 of 2007, P.S. Nawabad District Jhansi (iv) case crime no.667 of 2019, P.S. Nawabad District Jhansi 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 accordance with guidelines laid down and timeline provided in the aforesaid judgments. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anoop Kumar Dubey, Rohit Kumar Yadav, Vikram Singh Shrivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Sanjay Dwivedi Sandeep Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 6, 2026 Kuldeep WRIC No. 38903 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KULDEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad