HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37836 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Sri Anurag Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Pranat Chaudhri, learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 4. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has prayed for disposal of his application for 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 case which is pending against him: (i) case crime no. 71 of 2022, under Sections 147, 323, 452, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Shahganj, District Jaunpur. 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. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anurag Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Pranat Chaudhri Abhishek .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) 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. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 7, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 37836 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad