HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 36378 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard Sri Rajendra Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ajay Singh, learned panel counsel for the 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 working in Saudi Arabia, 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 from 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, who would be doing the needful in accordance with law 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 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rajendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Ajay Singh, C.S.C. Angad .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) passport in accordance with law. September 11, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 36378 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad