WRIT - C No. 7081 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:34410-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7081 of 2025 Petitioner :- Govind Yadav Respondent :- Union Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Babhru Vahan Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. Petitioner's application for issuance of passport apparently has been kept pending on account of his implication in NCR No.176 of 2017, Police Station Gola, District Gorakhpur. Reliance is placed upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Writ - C No. 41540 of 2023 (Pawan Kumar Rajbhar Vs. Union of India & 2 Ors.), in order to contend that mere pendency of a criminal case cannot be a ground to deny issuance of passport to the petitioner. In the facts of the case, we permit the petitioner to approach the concerned court where the aforesaid case is pending for grant of no objection certificate by the court concerned so that the passport authorities take a fresh decision in the matter relating to issuance of the petitioner's passport. Petitioner, therefore, is at liberty to approach the concerned court which shall act in terms of the law laid down in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar (supra)