JUDGMENT :

Petitioner challenges the communication issued by the Regional Passport Officer informing him of the short comings in his application for issuance of a passport. Reliefs are also sought for the issuance of a fresh passport in accordance with the circulars issued by the Government of India.

2. Petitioner was the holder of an Indian Passport bearing No. Z1969747 issued from Dubai and valid till 11.12.2020. It is alleged by the petitioner that, while he came for a visit to his hometown in April, 2012, he lost his passport within the premises of Nedumbassery Airport. The fact of loss of passport was intimated to the police station and he obtained a certificate dated 20.11.2012 from the police that no useful information have been received relating to the missing passport. Curiously, on the very same day petitioner received the certificate as mentioned above, an FIR was registered before the Ernakulam Rural Police Station against the petitioner as F.I.R. No.1480 dated 20.11.2012, alleging offences under sections 406, 419 and 420 of IPC apart from sections 12(1)(a), (d) of Passports Act, 1967. It was alleged in the crime that petitioner had impersonated the defacto complainant an