Shoeb Ahmad v. Union of India Thru. Regional Passport Officer , Lko. and Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 8961 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shoeb Ahmad Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Regional Passport Officer , Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shambhunath Mishra,Anand Babu Dixit,Mukesh Kumar Mishra,Rajan Mishra,Umesh Chandra Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State as well as Sri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, appearing for respondent no.1.

¶2Present writ petition is filed by petitioner for the following main relief: "i. issue, a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite party no.4 to issue a police clearance/verification report in a stipulated time period in the interest of justice."

¶3Learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of petitioner would be sufficiently met in case respondent no.3 is directed to issue police verification report within a time frame.

¶4Learned counsel for respondents have no objection to the same.

¶5In view thereof, respondent no.3-Superintendent of Police, Sultanpur is directed to submit the police clearance/verification report with regard to petitioner to the Passport Officer concerned within a period of three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him.

¶6With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] Order Date :- 16.10.2023 Sachin High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench