WP/23138/2024 of Nandi Hari Surya Prakash Vs The Union Of India

APHC010450482024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3331] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION NO: 23138/2024 Between: Nandi Hari Surya Prakash ...PETITIONER AND The Union Of India and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. PUVVALA SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2. The Court made the following: ORDER Heard Sri Puvvala Srinivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri O. Uday Kumar, learned standing counsel for respondents 1 and 2 and Sri Ajay, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, for respondent No. 3. 2. This writ petition is filed to declare the action of respondent No.2 in refusing to renew the petitioner’s passport, in pursuance of application No.VSA076895057124 is illegal and arbitrary. 3. Since the period of the passport expired, the petitioner applied for renewal/reissue of the same, on 02.09.2024, to pursue career opportunities abroad. In the website of respondents 1 and 2, it was cited that ‘police verification not obtained’ under Cr.No.101/2024 dated 21.03.2024 registered f