Vijay Singh v. Union of India Thru. Secy., Ministry of Foreign and External Affairs, New Delhi and Others

Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 5533 of 2024 Petitioner :- Vijay Singh Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy., Ministry Of Foreign And External Affairs, New Delhi And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jaikaran Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.

¶1Heard Sri Jaikaran, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Anand Dwivedi, learned counsel for the respondent nos.1 and 2 and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent nos.3 and 4.

¶2Grievance raised in the present petition is with regard to non-issuance of the passport despite the fact that he has submitted an application for issuance of passport on 22.02.2024. It has been stated that the said application has been accepted but according to the online status, the police report has not been submitted by the concerned Police Station-Naseerabad, District Rai Bareily and accordingly for the said reason, the passport has not been issued.

¶3Learned Standing Counsel has submitted that in such matters, police reports are submitted with expedition and in all circumstances, the police report will be submitted in short period of time.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case a suitable direction is given to the respondent no.3 and 4 to submit the police report with expedition.

¶5In the light of above, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent nos.3 and 4 to ensure the police report is submitted to the respondent no.2, Regional Passport Officer, Lucknow within next two weeks, in accordance with law. Order Date :- 26.6.2024 A.Kr* (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, J.) (Alok Mathur, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench