Arpit Maharaj v. Union of India and Another

Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 41163 of 2023 Petitioner :- Arpit Maharaj Respondent :- Union Of India And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- G.S. Chauhan,Mahesh Sharma Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Rajesh Kumar Singh Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J. Hon'ble Surendra Singh-I,J.

¶1The present petition has been filed praying for a mandamus commanding the concerned respondents to issue passport in favour of the petitioner.

¶2From the pleadings in the petition and the documents annexed with the same, it appears that the passport of the petitioner is not being issued because a criminal case is pending against the petitioner.

¶3In view of the aforesaid, there is no illegality in the act of the passport department in not issuing the passport of the petitioner under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Passports Act, 1967. However, in view of the office memorandum dated 10th October, 2019, No.VI/401/1/5/2019 which provides that the persons against whom criminal cases are pending may be exempted from the operation of Section 6 (2) (f) of the Act, 1967, in case, they produce orders from the court concerned permitting them to depart from India subject to the conditions enumerated in GSR 570 (E) dated 25.08.1993.

¶4The petitioner may take steps for issuance of his passport in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the office memorandum dated 10th October, 2019 and in case, the petitioner fulfills the requirement prescribed in the said office memorandum, the concerned authority shall consider the case of the petitioner for issuance of his passport.

¶5With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 6.12.2023 KS High Court of Judicature at Allahabad