Serial No. 81 Supplementary Cause list HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) 726/2026 CM(1869/2026) 1. Danish Bashir Lanker, aged 46 years S/O Bashir Ahmad Lanker R/O Rangreth, Srinagar …Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Ms. Ahra Syed, Advocate Vs. 1. Union of India through Secretary External Affairs, Government of India, Central Secretariat South Block New Delhi. 2. Union Territory of J&K through Commissioner-Secretary Home Department, New Secretariat, Srinagar/Jammu 3. Regional Passport Officer, Boulevard Road, Opposite Dal Lake, Srinagar 4. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department/ Counter Intelligence Kashmir, Headquarter Srinagar. ...Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Falak Pandit, Advocate vice Mr. T.M Shamsi, DSGI for R- 1 & 3 Mr. Mohsin Qadri, Sr. AAG for R- 2 & 4 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M. A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE. ORDER 10.04.2026 1. Petitioner, through the medium of this petition, claiming to hold a Passport bearing No. M3778779, issued by the competent authority on 09.12.2014, valid upto 08.12.2024, for a period of ten years, alleges that the respondents have not renewed his passport, despite applying for the same on 03.12.2025, along with the requisite formalities and the petitioner has been suffering on this count, as the petitioner being a businessman has to travel abroad. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though, two cases had been registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 153/2019, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 382, 342, 420 & 506 RPC and FIR No. 84/2024, for the commission of offences punishable under Section 420 IPC registered at Police Station, Saddar, Srinagar, and that investigation in both the cases has been stayed by this Court, as such, petitioner has not been facing prosecution before any Court of law and that the respondents are under an obligation to renew the passport, in favour of the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner would feel satisfied, in case the present petition is disposed of at this stage, with a direction to respondent No. 3, to consider the case of the petitioner for renewal of his passport, in accordance with law. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents have not resisted the plea raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner, in case the present petition is disposed in terms of the direction, as prayed for. 5. In view of the aforestated background, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 3, to consider the plea raised by the petitioner in the present petition and to decide his application moved by the petitioner for renewal of his passport, in accordance with law, expeditiously within a period of four weeks, with copy of the order to the petitioner for his information. 6. Disposed of, accordingly. (M. A. CHOWDHARY) JUDGE SRINAGAR: 10.04.2026 “Adil Ismail”