HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No.439/2026 Vinay Kumar …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Amit Gupta, Advocate vs Union of India & Anr. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Sumant Sudan, Advocate vice Mr. Vishal Sharma, DSGI CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER (02.03.2026) 01. The petitioner, through the medium of the present petition, submits that his earlier reply to the show cause notice dated 12.01.2026, issued by respondent No. 2 which was duly submitted on 15.01.2026, has not been considered, and that the respondents have thereafter issued the impugned notice dated 09.02.2026, being a final notice seeking clarification with regard to the issuance of passport facility to the petitioner, failing which his passport is liable to be impounded. 02. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in response to the earlier notice, the petitioner had submitted his reply on 15.01.2026, and that the respondent, without considering the said reply, has issued the final notice threatening that the petitioner’s passport shall be impounded, in case the reply is not filed. 03. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner would be satisfied in case the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the reply filed by him on 15.01.2026 to the earlier notice. Serial No. 16 2 04. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the respondents shall not be averse to the plea of consideration made on behalf of the petitioner by his counsel. 05. In view of the pleadings, submissions urged at the Bar, and the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the reply filed by the petitioner on 15.01.2026 to the earlier notice dated 12.01.2026. It is further provided that, prior to consideration of the matter, the petitioner shall also be at liberty to substantiate his earlier reply, within a period of weeks, for consideration by the respondents. 06. The petition is, accordingly, disposed of with the aforesaid directions. (M A CHOWDHARY) JUDGE Jammu 02.03.2026 Amit