$~85 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010433872026 + W.P.(C) 13393/2026 TENZIN KUNCHOK .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Anushree Sudan and Ms. Tenzin Woeser, Advocates versus PASSPORT SEVA KENDRA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Mr. Bipul Kumar, GP and with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Amulya Dev Mishra and Mr. Saksham Sharma, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 14.09.2026 CM APPL. 62295/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 13393/2026 3. By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking following reliefs: “...a) Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing Respondent No. 1 to accept the surrender of the Petitioner's Identity Certificate bearing No. Y0189252 and Registration Certificate/Residential Permit in accordance with the prescribed procedure; 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 17/09/2026 at 12:08:43 b) Direct Respondent No. 2 to complete the consequential surrender and cancellation formalities and issue the requisite Surrender Certificate to the Petitioner; c) Direct the Respondents to process the Petitioner's Fresh Indian Passport Application bearing Application Reference No. 26- 0073695777 in accordance with law and within a time-bound period; d) Direct the Respondents not to close or reject the said passport application solely on account of the Petitioner's inability to submit the surrender documentation, where such inability has arisen due to the Respondents' failure to facilitate the surrender...” 4. Issue notice. 5. Notice is accepted by the learned counsel appearing for respondents. 6. Having heard the learned counsels appearing for the parties, this Court directs the competent authority to treat the present petition as a representation on behalf of the petitioner and decide the same by within a period of four weeks from date, under intimation to the petitioner and this Court. 7. The petitioner is at liberty to approach this Court again, in case the need so arises, by way of filing a fresh writ petition. 8. In above terms, the present petition stands disposed of. 9. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 14, 2026/zp VS 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 17/09/2026 at 12:08:43