HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 33643 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Brijeshwar Sahai Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 & 3. 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. 0111 of 2021, under Sections 354, 506, 323 IPC, Police Station Nagar, District Basti. 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) : Gaurav Kumar Shukla, Shivam Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Brijesh Kumar, A.S.G.I., Brijeshwar Sahai Srivastava, C.S.C. Taqdeer Ali .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. September 17, 2026 Sartaj WRIC No. 33643 of 2026 2 (Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SARTAJ AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad