Mohammad Lukman v. Union of India Thru. Foreign Secy. Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10622 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mohammad Lukman Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Foreign Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Yogesh Kumar Mishra,Dharmendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and Sri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, Advocate. Petitioner has approached this Court praying for a direction to re-issue the passport to the petitioner. Learned D.S.G.I. states that a show cause notice is issued to the petitioner as well as a Police Report that a criminal case is pending against the petitioner. A soft copy of the said Police Report is provided to learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to submit reply of the same before the respondent no.2/Passport Authority, Regional Passport Office, Lucknow, within a period of two weeks from today along with all the required documents as well as deposit any fee, if so desires, by the Passport Authority. In case such a reply and fee etc. is submitted by the petitioner, the respondent no.2/Passport Authority, Regional Passport Office, Lucknow shall consider the application of petitioner, within a period of three weeks thereafter. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. (Shree Prakash Singh, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 7.12.2023 Arjun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench