High Court · 2025

Petition under section 1s'r cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to grant an order of interim direction to the respondent No. 2 renew the apprication of passport of petitioner with bearing No. Hy7076890066124 dated 29-08-2024 pending the writ petition in the interest of justice and equity. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI. RAMACHANDAR RAO VEMUGANTI 9o.yn:"1 for the Respondent No..t: SRI GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR Deputy Solicitor General of lndia counsel forthe Respondent No.2: Ms. B. LAXM| PRASUNA sc FoR Rpo The Court made the following: ORDER .,, a ,/ ,,./ HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.1 L648 of 20'25 ORDER: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms B Laxmi Prasuna' learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of respondents With the consent o{ the parties, the writ petition is being taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself .

2. This writ petition is filed seeking thc following prayer:- " to rlcclare tlu impugned action of the Respondent No'2 in not renerting tfu pasipit applicatioti No'HY7076890066-124 dnted 29.08.2024 toith issuing titter doted 31 72'2024 is arbitrary' illegnl and ttiolatiae of the priicipals of natural justice-and equtty includmg Article 1,4, tO, Zl o7 thi Constitution of Intlia nnd including tlrc iudgments of Honoiablc Apx Cgyr! and our Hon'ble High Court 'replrted in ioza G) ALD 394 TS by setting aside tfu abotse letter dnted 31,.12.2024 and t'urther be plensed to tlirect the responclent No.2 to consider appiication dnted 29 '08 '2024 toith appLication No.HY70768900661124 for reneual of the petitioner '" Today when the matter has been taken up for hearing' learned counsel 3. for the petitioner would submit that while clealing with the similar circumstances, this Court airle otder d,ated 07 .04.2025 had disposed of the W.P.No.10352 of 2025 with certain conditions and learned counsel for the petitioner further pray this Court to pass similar order as passed in W.P.No.10352 of 2025.

4. Learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos'1 and 2 reported no obiection in passing similar orders' -l-*ffi,ffiFF'*=gt, '':r'$ ,':'' ii2il

5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of witl-r a direction to respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioner and take steps for release of thc passport in due compliance of the findings of the Hon,ble Supreme Court in the case of Vangala Kasturi Rangacharyulu v. Central Bureau of Investigationl. The elirections arc as flollows: (i) (ii) (iii) (i") The petitioner shall submit an undertaking along with an afficlavir before the Judicial MagisLrate of First Class (Excisc) at Karimnagar, in Cr.No.430, 309 and 344 of 2023, stating that thc petitioner r.r,ill not leave India during pendency of the said C.C. without permission of the Court and the pctitioner will coopcrate with the Trial Court in concluding the criminal proceedings. Thc Trial Court shall issue a certified copy of the undertaking along with an affidavit within Two (2) wecks from the date of fiiing of the undertaking. The petirioner shall submit the certifiecl copy of tl.Le aforesaid r.rndertaking along with the reply/expianation before the concerned passport Officer for consideration of his application for renewal of passport. The Passport Authoritv shall consider the documents in trre light of the observations macle by the Court as well as the unclertaking and other documents filed by the petitioner. The petitioner shall also be at liberty to rely on the decisions in this regard. rzozo c.t.L.l. 1sc; sz: '.1 (") ("i) (vii) ::3:: The Passport authority is directed to renew the passport of the petitioner without raising the objection relaling to the pendency of the criminal proceedings before the Trial Court' The petitioner shail deposit the original passport before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class (E-xcise) at Karimnagar' in Cr. No.344 of 2023 aftet renewal of the passport' The petitioner shali be at liberty to file an appiication before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Excise) at Karimnagar' seeking permission to travel outside India The Judiciat Magistrate of First Class (Excise) at Karimnagar' shal1 consider the same in accordance u'ith law'

6. Recording the above said submission, writ petition is disposed of' accordingly Miscellaneous petitions, pending, if any, shall stand ckrsed' However' there shall be no order as to costs sol-r. rtRurunlA DEVI DEPUTY REGISTRAR .r/ note- That the Paragraph 5 (i) o! the order dated ' 1iilf,.zois it 'w-.p.rut'iiol'e ot zozs is amended as per tti" ;A-;'orin" i"it;ur" Court dated 06'08'2025 in l.A.No.2 ol 2025' This amended order shall substitute the earlier '*t i"t, tras iireaOv been dispatched on o.a"r 2710512025. //TRUE COPY// SD/-T. TIRUMALA DEVI ISTRAR DEPU SEC OFFICER To, 1 2 The Secretary, Ministry of Extemal Affairs CTV.Division' TV-1 ' +f, 5H"tl$"il?:."."S1t*:iq1ta|.a-'?S"*l=MinistryorExternar Affairs Department D.No ;i-zis io zls Kummarguda Secunderabad -500 Section Patiala

003. ...---- . :fr-_:-, !f :.'.3,r}:tE?'rr. " ' _tr !. ,'/ _ 't .' 4 5 6 KKS BS YY One CC to SRI RAIVACHANqAR RAO VE|V|UGANT|, Advocate tOpUCl One CC to tr/ls. B. LAXrut PRASUNA, SC FOR RpO fbpual- One CC to DEPUTy SOL|C|TOR GENERAL OF tNDjA, High Court for the State oj T-elangana at Hyderabad IOpUC] Two CD Copies I t I I I I i HIGH COURT \ \ DATED: 1710412025 06t08t2025 AMENDED ORDER WP.No.11648 of ZO2S 5lr\lts (r.i- o L) 1g \ut Tt)s I I DES DISPOSING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS gce-qelt &-""