HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37910 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 Ramesh Chandra Pandey, 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 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.- 140 of 2016, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 469, 471, 406, 120B I.P.C., Police Station - Jaitpura, District Varanasi. (ii) Case Crime No.- 26 of 2022, under Sections 147, 352, 188, 342, 353, 504, 427 I.P.C. and Section 7 CLA Act, Police Station - Jaitpura, District Varanasi. (iii) Case Crime No. 296 of 2019, Police Station - Jaitpura, District Varanasi. (iv) Case Crime No. 447 of 2014. 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ram Anuj Prajapati Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Ramesh Chandra Pandey Iqbal Kauser And 2 Others .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) 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. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 7, 2026 A.K.Srivastava WRIC No. 37910 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad