Allahabad High Court
RAVINDRA RAIversusUNION OF INDIA AND 5 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is disposed of with directions to the petitioner to follow the procedural guidelines from the cited judgments and for the Regional Passport Officer to dispose of the application accordingly.
Summary
Petitioner Ravindra Rai filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking disposal of his pending passport application. The respondents argued that the petitioner had been served a show‑cause notice because of several criminal cases pending against him under the Indian Penal Code, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act. The Court examined whether the passport could be processed in view of these pending cases and referred to procedural guidelines laid down in the recent judgments of Rahimuddin v. Union of India & Another and Wajiruddin Khan v. Union of India & 2 Others. It directed the petitioner to comply with the procedures prescribed in those judgments and instructed the Regional Passport Officer to dispose of the application accordingly. Accordingly, the petition was disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether a passport application can be processed when the applicant has pending criminal cases under the IPC and other statutes.
- What procedural steps must the applicant follow as per the guidelines laid down in earlier Supreme Court/High Court judgments.
Legislation cited
- Criminal Law Amendment Act — s. 7
- Indian Penal Code — s. 147, 148, 149, 307, 323, 354, 427, 504, 506
- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — s. 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(i)(X)
Subjects
- passport
- pending criminal case
- Article 226
- procedural guidelines
- SC/ST Act
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 35695 of 2026
Ravindra Rai
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Union Of India And 5 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amit Kumar Singh, Monika Anuragi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Chandra Shaikhar
Vaish
Court No. - 1
HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Chandra Shaikhar
Vaish, learned counsel for respondents.
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 cases which are pending against him:
(i) Case Crime No.- 273 of 2014, under Sections 323, 504 IPC and 3(i)(X)
SC/ST Act, Police Station- Dhangahta, District Sant Kabir Nagar.
(ii) Case Crime No.- 1752 of 2027, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 504,
506, 307, 427, 354 IPC and 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) SC/ST Act and 7 Criminal
Law Amendment Act, Police Station- Dhangahta, District Sant Kabir Nagar.
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
concerned shall dispose of the application of the petitioner in accordance
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with guidelines laid down and timeline provided in the aforesaid judgments.
5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands
disposed of.
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.)
September 16, 2026
A.K.Srivastava
Digitally signed by :-
ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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