Allahabad High Court
TAQDEER ALIversusUNION OF INDIA AND 6 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is disposed of, directing the petitioner to follow the guidelines of the cited judgments before the Regional Passport Officer can decide the passport application.
Summary
Petitioner Taqdeer Ali filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking the issuance of his pending passport application. The respondents informed the Court that a show‑cause notice had been issued to the petitioner because of a criminal case pending against him under Sections 354, 506 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code. The Court examined whether the passport could be granted while the criminal proceedings were ongoing. It directed the petitioner to comply with the procedural guidelines laid down in the earlier judgments of Rahimuddin v. Union of India and Wajiruddin Khan v. Union of India. Accordingly, the Regional Passport Officer must decide the application in accordance with those guidelines and the stipulated timeline. The petition was disposed of with these directions.
Issues considered
- Whether a passport can be issued to an applicant who has a pending criminal case and a show‑cause notice under the IPC.
- Whether the petitioner must follow the procedural guidelines laid down in the Court’s earlier judgments before the passport can be processed.
Legislation cited
- Indian Penal Code — s. 323, 354, 506
Subjects
- passport issuance
- criminal case
- show cause notice
- Article 226
- High Court
- procedural guidelines
- Indian Penal Code
- jurisdiction
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 33643 of 2026
Taqdeer Ali
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Union Of India And 6 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Gaurav Kumar Shukla, Shivam Kumar
Mishra
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Brijesh Kumar, A.S.G.I., Brijeshwar
Sahai Srivastava, C.S.C.
Court No. - 1
HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri
Brijeshwar Sahai Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent nos.
2 & 3.
2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the
Constitution petitioner has prayed for disposal of his application
for issuance of passport pending with the concerned Regional
Passport Officer.
3. Per contra it is submitted by learned counsel for the
respondents that the petitioner has been issued with the show
cause notice to explain about the following criminal case which is
pending against him:
(i) case crime no. 0111 of 2021, under Sections 354, 506, 323
IPC, Police Station Nagar, District Basti.
4. In our considered view, petitioner should, in the first instance,
take steps according to the guidelines and follow the procedures
laid down in the judgment of this Court in the case of
Rahimuddin vs. Union of India & Another (Neutral Citation
No. – 2025:AHC:181505-DB) and recently in the case of
Wajiruddin Khan v. Union of India & 2 Others, (Neutral
Citation No. – 2026:AHC:138176-DB) and thereafter, the
Regional Passport Officer shall dispose of the application of the
petitioner in accordance with guidelines laid down and timeline
provided in the aforesaid judgments.
WRIC No. 33643 of 2026
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5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition
stands disposed of.
September 17, 2026
Sartaj
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
SARTAJ AHMAD
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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