WRIT - C No. 15203 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 15203 of 2026 Monish .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rewti Raman Patel Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Surendra Nath Chauhan Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Surendra Nath Chauhan, learned counsel for the Union of India and the learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner by means of present writ petition has prayed for the following relief:- "(a) To, issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus the respondents to directing consider case of petitioner for issue a passport in favour of petitioner, within stipulated period." 3. The petitioner has applied for issuance of passport. According to the petitioner, the respondent No.2/Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow has neither issued the passport nor has passed any order for grant of issuance of passport on the ground of pendency of a criminal case against the petitioner. 4. A coordinate Bench of this Court in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar v. Union of India and others (Writ-C No. 41540 of 2023, decided on 19.