HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 36357 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Sri Alok Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Tushar Kant, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Anand Kumar Chaubey, 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. 194 of 2026, under Sections 285, 221, 352, 351(3) B.N.S., Police Station Cantt., 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) : Alok Chandra, Karunesh Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Anand Kumar Chaubey, C.S.C. Nirbhay Kumar Rai .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. September 11, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 36357 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad