WRIT - C No. 2231 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 2231 of 2026 Ram Karan .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India Thru. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vipul Tripathi, Adesh Chandra Pandey, Piyush Pathak Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate & DSGI assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for the following main relief(s): "(i) to a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the Opp Party No.2 to issue the passport of the petitioner bearing application no.25-0066077676, contained as Annexure No.1 to the writ petition." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter may be disposed of in light of the judgment passed by Division Bench of this Court in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar versus Union of India and 2 others; Writ-C No.41540 of 2023 : Neutral Citation No.-2024:AHC:9963-DB. 4. The submission of learned counsel for