HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35714 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has prayed for disposal of his application for renewal of passport pending with the concerned Regional Passport Officer. 3. Petitioner claims to be involved in NCR No. 0097 of 2020, under Sections 323, 504 IPC and he is enjoying bail in that case. Copy of bail order is brought on record as Annexure No. 3 to the writ petition. It is submitted that the application of the petitioner is to be processed in view of the guidelines 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) as no permission of the competent court is required in NCR. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent could not dispute the aforesaid argument. 5. Be that as it may, we dispose of this petition with a direction to the Regional Passport Officer concerned to decide the application of the petitioner in accordance with guidelines laid down and timeline provided in view of the judgment of this Court in the case of Rahimuddin vs. Union of India & Another (Neutral Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kiran Yadav, Sanjay Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Sarveshwar Lal Srivastava Satkar Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) 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). 6. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. September 16, 2026 A.K.Srivastava WRIC No. 35714 of 2026 2 (Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad