HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 27719 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J. 1. Heard Sri Mohit Behari Mathur learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel and Sri Ajay Singh, for the respondent nos. 1 and 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.-1215 of 2028, under Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station-Dhoomanganj, District - Prayagraj. 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 concerned shall dispose of the application of the petitioner in accordance with guidelines laid down and timeline provided in the aforesaid judgments. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arnab Banerji, Mohit Behari Mathur Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., A.S.G.I., Ajay Singh Prashant Kumar Gupta .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) disposed of. September 17, 2026 piyush WRIC No. 27719 of 2026 2 (Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- PIYUSH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad