HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37533 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J. 1. Heard Ms. Divya Pandey, learned Advocate holding brief of Ms. Anita Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Jai Shukla, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Krishna Kant Shukla, learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 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. 54 of 2025, under Section 223 IPC. 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. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Mishra, Anita Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Krishna Kant Shukla Sunny Jaiswal .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) disposed of. September 18, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 37533 of 2026 2 (Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad