BAJ SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-15659-2026 (O&M) -1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 102 CWP-15659-2026 (O&M) Date of decision:19.05.2026 Baj Singh ..…Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ..…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Baljeet Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (ORAL) Prayer in the instant writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing respondent No.1 to re-issue the passport of the petitioner. 2. Mr. Amit Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel, appears on behalf of respondent No.1-Union of India, in pursuance of the advance copy of paper book having already been supplied to him and submits that the case of the petitioner would be covered as per the observations made by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in “Mohan Lal @ Mohna Vs. Union of India and others”, 2023 SCC Online P&H 1391 and since the application submitted by the petitioner for re-issuance of the passport is pending consideration before the passport authority, the same shall be considered in terms of the observations made in case of Mohan Lal @ Mohna (supra) and final decision sh