Basant Lal v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of External Affairs Govt. of India , New Delhi and Another

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11116 of 2023 Petitioner :- Basant Lal Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of External Affairs Govt. Of India , New Delhi And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and Sri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and D.S.G.I. assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for respondents.

¶2Petitioner has approached this Court for a mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 to renew passport of petitioner bearing No.12616039.

¶3Learned D.S.G.I. states that a show cause notice is already given to petitioner and petitioner may submit his reply to the same which shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law.

¶4In the given circumstances of the case, petitioner is permitted to submit his reply to the show cause notice within a period of two weeks from today. Respondent no.2 Regional Passport Office, Passport Office Complex (Behind R.B.I.) Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow shall thereafter proceed and decide the matter, in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks.

¶5With the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 19.12.2023 Arti/- [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench