WRIT - C No. 3599 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 3599 of 2026 Safiya Bano .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India Thru. Secy. Of External Affairs Ministry Central Sectt . New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Durgesh Kumar Singh 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 Durgesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate & DSGI assisted by Shri Varun Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents Nos.1 & 2. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following main relief(s): "I. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the Opposite Parties particularly Opposite Party No. 2 to take a decision on the application of the petitioner for issuance of a passport which has been kept in abeyance merely on the basis of one criminal history of petitioner (contained as Annexure No. 1 and 3) in the interest of justice. II. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the Opposite Parties particularly Opposite Party No. 2 to deci