HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 39262 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Gyan Prakash Singh, learned counsel for the respondent - Union of India and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus to command the respondent to re-issue the passport. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is currently staying at Sudan, where his passport has expired. 4. Per contra, it is submitted by learned panel counsel appearing for the respondents that since petitioner's passport has expired, he should get necessary emergency certificate under Section 4(2) of the Passport Act, 1967 by making afresh application before the embassy concerned to get necessary certificate to travel India to get no objection/ sanction/ approval from the concerned criminal court where trial is going on. 5. In the circumstances, we dispose of this petition with liberty to the petitioner to apply before the embassy concerned under Section 4(2) of the Passport Act, 1967 and once he gets the emergency certificate to travel India, he needs to apply before the criminal law court concerned for necessary no objection/ sanction/ approval to travel abroad and when he Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Sandeep Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Gyan Prakash Singh Ramnath .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) gets no objection, he may submit the same before the Regional Passport Officer concerned, who shall then proceed to examine the matter of re- issuance of passport in accordance with law. October 8, 2026 Kuldeep WRIC No. 39262 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KULDEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad