V.K.Jain, J. (Oral);—

The petitioner before this Court applied to the concerned Regional Passport Office on 22.08.2006 for issue of a passport under the Tatkal Scheme. In the said application form, he gave his address as Village Gudhal, Post Barai, Tehsil Kolaras, District Shiv Puri, M.P. He also submitted a letter from SDM, Badarwas (Kolaras) who certified that the petitioner was residing at the aforesaid place. After issue of passport, the matter was referred to the concerned Police Station for verification of the address and antecedents of the petitioner. On 26.03.2007, it was reported by the Superintendent of Police, Shiv Puri, Madhya Pradesh that the petitioner was not found residing at the given address. However, no other address of the petitioner was reported by the police.

2. The case of the respondent is that a show-cause notice dated 16.04.2007 was issued to the petitioner requiring him to furnish his explanation for suppressing material information in his application. The case of the petitioner, however, is that no such notice was ever received by him. The relevant file has been brought to the Court, but the said show-cause notice is not available in the file. I