UKHC010127182026 2026:UHC:6173 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPMS/2188/2026 Nitin Kumar --Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Another --Respondents Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. M.S. Bhandari, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, Additional CSC, with Mr. Akshit Gurrani, Brief Holder, for the State. Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Central Govt. Standing Counsel, for the respondent no. 2. (2) Petitioner applied for issuance of passport. Regional Passport Officer, upon receiving an adverse police report that petitioner has been convicted of offences punishable under Section 395, 397, 342 and 412 IPC, issued notice to petitioner. Petitioner gave reply to the notice, however final decision has not been taken by the Regional Passport Officer. (3) Having regard to the facts of the case, writ petition is disposed of with a direction to Regional Passport Officer to take decision on petitioner’s application for issuance of passport, as per law, within two weeks from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 22.7.2026 Pr PRABODH KUMAR Digitally signed by PRABODH KUMAR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3a082a00a95aff911a9559743af8f21c50602ff6eae4e61af3aeab198d462503, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB588052DF6FCA58C67F3C91957BE53, cn=PRABODH KUMAR Date: 2026.07.22 18:32:39 +05'30' UKHC010127182026 2026:UHC:6173