The High Court · 2025

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI YAKAIAH, REP. FOR SRI D.Y.N.L.N.CHARYULU Counsel for the Respondent No.l & 2: SRI P.SURAJ YADAV, SC FOR CENTRAL GOVT. The Gourt made the following: ORDER WRIT PETITION No.27775 OF 2O25 ORDER: .The Writ Petition is filed challenging the inaction of respondent No.2 in not renewing the petitioner's passport uide File No.HY107495496L225, dated 22.03.2025, on the ground of pending criminal proceedings in C.C.Nos.18O54/2OL9, 26l2OLa and 3532 of 2O2O on the file of the XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Nampally.

2. Heard Sri Yakaiah, learned counsel representing Sri D.Y.N.L.N. Chary:lu, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the Central Government, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Perused the record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that mere arraignment of the petitioner in a criminal case cannot be a ground for denial of passport. He relies on the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.2422 of 2024, dated 26.02.2024.

4. Learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.l and 2 submits that criminal cases utde C.C.Nos.l8OS4l2019, 26l2OL8 and 3532 of 2O2O on the file of the XII Additional Chief a Metropolitan Magistrate court at Nampa[y, are pending against the petitioner. It is submitted that the respondent authorities would consider the petitioner's application for a period of one year only, if he obtains permission to travel abroad from the court where the criminal cases are pending against him.

5. Be that as it frdy, considering the judgment of the coordinate Bench of this court in w.P.No.35056 of 2023, dated o2.o1.2024, and the purpose for which the passport is being requested by the petitioner, this court directs respondent No.2 to renew the passport of the petitioner on the following conditions: il rhe petitiole_r-lrerein shall submit an undertaking along with an afftdavit in c.c.Nos.18o.54/2ot-9,26/2018 and a$;/2o2o-, pending on the file of the XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court at Nampally, s!a_tt1g that he shall not leave India ?rrlrrg pendency of the said c.c., without permission of the trial court and that he shall cooperate with trial court in concluding the Proceedings in the said C.C. iif on fiIing such an undertaking as well as aflidavit, the trial court shall lssue a certilied copy of the sajme withln two (2f weeks therefroml iiil rhe petitioner herein shall.submit an apptcafion afresh atong with certifled copy of this orde, ." *Jd ." ir," aforesaid undertaking before the passport Ofllcer I e"tfr"Jty concerned for reaewing the passport; iv) on filtng such an application, the p_assport oflicer/ Authority shalr consider the same afresh in ltre'tigtrt ;i A" observations made by this court herein as wefl as the Jontents of the undertaking given by the petltioner for renewing of the passport, in accordance with law, within three (oaf wefks rrom the date of said appllcatlon; vf Respondent No.2 shalr consider the passport Rures, 1967 white considering the application for renewing of the passpott of the petitioner; vif The competent authority shall speclfy the perrnlsslon period of one year for the pefitioner to reiain irr" pi""eiJlo, travelllng abroad, and also obtaln appropriate undert.kfi ;;; the petitioner stating that the petittoner shall not overstly the 3 permltted perlod and shatl surrender the Passport uPolr return to Iadla. vtt) Any other condltlon as deemed approprlate by the trlal Court.

6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed. SD/- MOHD.ISMAIL DEPUTY REGISTRAR \ NOTE:- That the C.C' numbers and the Court mentioned in iiiloiai, dt. 17.1't.2025 in W.P.No'27775 ol 2025 is witnolv read and the same is corrected as per the orders oiitrition'ote court dt. 10.12.2025 in l.A'No.3 ol 2025. - - -' - ittis amended order shall substitute the earlier order which has already been dispatch ed on 26.1 1'2025' //TRUE COPY// SD/- MOHD. ISMAIL DEPUTYTEGISTRAR secffiorrtcen To,

1. The Princioal secretary, Ministry of External Affairs South Block secretariat' ' Raisina Hiil, New Delhi; Delhi, lndia, Union of lndia. 2.TheReoionalPassportofficer,RegionalPassportofficeT3RedCrossRoad - Shivaji Nagar, Secdnderabad, Telangana 500003' 3. The Xll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Nampally' 4. The Manager, Bank of Baro-d-a, Himayathnagar Branch Door No' 3-6-481' " H;ci6;b;tli,' opboiitJ-rld' restalrant, -near Mithra asencv Maruti showroom,-Himaybthnagar, Hyderabad' - 5.TheManaoer,CanaraBankRailNilayamBranchAdmBlds,RailNilayam HvOeriUaO-wirangal railway line Secunderabad, Telangana'

6. One CC-to SRI D.Y.N.L.N.CHARYULU, Advocate IOPUC] 7. One CC to SRI P.SURAJ YADAV, SC FOR CENTRAL GOW' [OPUC] 8. Two CD CoPies BSR BS HIGH COURT DATED i 17111 1011212025 / I AMENDED ORDER WP.No.27775 of 2025 \ .) ,-) HE S ]it ,' t 18 Btc ztffi * P6.l'c * DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS \