RAJ KUMAR TYAGI vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

CWP-20208-2025 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 CWP-20208-2025 (O&M) Date of decision:18.05.2026 Raj Kumar Tyagi ..…Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ..…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Kushagra Beniwal, Advocate, for Mr. Sagar Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Shreyanshi Verma, Central Government Counsel for the respondents-UOI. ***** 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 Certiorari for setting aside letters/orders dated 01.01.2025 (Annexure P-9) and 17.03.2025 (Annexure P-12), whereby the application filed by the petitioner for re-issuance of the passport was declined. A further challenge has been made to order dated 06.05.2025 (Annexure P-13), whereby the passport application submitted by the petitioner has been closed. 2. Today, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents- Union of India has very fairly stated that as on date no application for re- issuance of the passport of the petitioner is pending before the passport authority. However, she submits that in case