WRIT - C No. 17514 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 17514 of 2026 Ankit Kumar Shukla .....Petitioner(s) Versus The Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Awanish Kumar Pandey, Shishir Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Sanjeev Kumar Rai Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is permitted to correct the discreption of respondent no.3 in the array of parties during the Court of the day. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sanjeev Kumar Rai, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 1, 2 and 3. 3. By means of present writ petition, the petitioner has sought for following relief; "A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 (Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office Complex, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow) or Respondent No.3 (Regional Passport Officer, Varanasi) to fothwith process and reissue the passport of the petitioner pursuant to Application Reference No. 26-0056456730 dated 03.03.2026." 4. The petitioner has applied for issue of passport. According to the petitioner, th