WRIT - C No. 16875 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 16875 of 2026 Vijay Gupta .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mangleshwar Verma, Renu Sharma Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE SATYA VEER SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sanjay Dwivedi, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The petitioner by means of present writ petition has prayed for the following relief:- "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 3 to re-issue the passport of the petitioner, which is still pending before the respondent no. 3." 3. The petitioner has applied for issuance of passport. According to the petitioner, the respondent No.3-Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow has neither issued the passport nor has passed any order for grant of issuance of passport on the ground of pendency of criminal case against the petitioner. 4. A coordinate Bench of this Court in Pawan Kumar Rajbhar vs. Union of India and others (Writ-C No. 41540 of 2023, decided on 19.01.2024) has held that pendency of criminal proceedings,