HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 38887 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 Mukteshwar Upadhyay, 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 case which is pending against him: (i) Case Crime No.- 49 of 2021, under Sections 354, 504, 506 I.P.C. and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, Police Station - bailghat, District Gorakhpur. 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) : Pradeep Kumar Singh, Upendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Mukteshwar Upadhyay Shubham Tiwari .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. October 7, 2026 A.K.Srivastava WRIC No. 38887 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad