$~82 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010412842026 + W.P.(C) 12758/2026 ADEEP MATHUR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate with Ms. Aishwarya Kumar and Mr. Vishwanath Gururaj Joshi, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Mr. Amulya Dev Mishra and Mr. Saksham Sharma, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 02.09.2026 CM APPL. 59234/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 12758/2026 3. By way of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks following reliefs: “a. issue a Writ of Mandamus, or a writ/direction in the nature thereof, directing the Respondents to process the Petitioner’s physical surrender of his expired Indian passport (File No. BOME03071009) and to issue the mandatory Surrender certificate in respect thereof; This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 08/09/2026 at 11:53:51 b. issue a Writ of Mandamus, or a writ/direction in the nature thereof, directing the Respondents to clear/unblock File No. BOME03071009 from “invalid “ Status: c. in the alternative, and without prejudice to prayer (a) above, issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to pass and communicate to the Petitioner a reasoned, written Speaking Order under Section 10(5) of the Passports Act, 1967, specifying the legal basis thereof in a time-bound period as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit...” 4. Issue notice. The learned counsel appearing on advance notice on behalf of respondent no. 1 accepts notice. 5. No one is present on behalf of the remaining respondents despite being served advance notice. 6. After hearing learned counsels appearing on behalf of the parties and in view of the issue involved in the instant petition, this Court finds it appropriate to direct that the present petition filed before this Court be treated as a representation on behalf of the petitioner, and the respondents are directed to decide the same, within a period of eight weeks from date, under intimation to the petitioner herein. 7. In above terms, the present petition stands disposed of. 8. In case of any further grievance, the petitioner will be at liberty to approach this Court by way of a fresh writ petition. 9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 02, 2026/ns TD This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 08/09/2026 at 11:53:51