HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37646 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Sri Mohd. Adil, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Manav Chaurasia, learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 2. 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. 0049 of 2021, under Sections 498-A, 304-B IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Bisauli, District Badaun. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the above case, police has filed final report in favour of the petitioner. 5. 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chintamani Prajapati, Mohd Adil Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Manav Chaurasia Subhash .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) aforesaid judgments. 6. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 7, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 37646 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad