WRIT - C No. 7567 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:45689-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7567 of 2025 Petitioner :- Abdul Samad Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jai Vardhan Srivastava,Malik Meraj Ahmad Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. In spite of several pronouncement on the subject that wherever there is a criminal case pending before a criminal jurisdiction and there is some issue with regard to issuance or re-issuance of passport then permission/NOC is to be sought from the said criminal court in view of the notifications of the Govt. of India which are referable to the Passport Act, 1967, earlier order of this Court on the subject passed in Writ C No. 6181 of 2025 which reads as under:- "1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate & D.S.G.I. assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. The petitioner seeks issuance of passport. 3. Admittedly, after passing of the judgment dated 10.05.2023 by this High Court in Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. No.3987 of 2023; Laik Ahmad and An