WRIT - C No. 3418 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 3418 of 2026 Shailendra Kumar Jaiswal .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India Thru. Secy. Mnistry Of External Affairs And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Yadav, Devansh Singh Chauhan 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 Shri Sanjay Yadav, 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) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus ordering the opposite parties to renew/reissue the passport of the petitioner bearing Passport No.K2485854 and File Number LKJ076936432626 valid from 29.03.2012 to 28.03.2022." 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