The petitioner has approached the Court seeking the quashment of reference No. 402/1907/2000 dated 26/04/2002 whereby the passport facility has been declined to the petitioner by the Passport Officer, Jammu, respondent No. 3 and also quashment of order No. VIII/402/App-109/02 dated 15/07/2002 in rejecting the appeal of the petitioner for restoration of passport facility by respondent No. 2, by issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari; with a further direction to respondents 1 to 3 to issue passport in favour of the petitioner by a writ in the nature of mandamus, in invoking the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with section 103 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir.

2. The case of the petitioner, as projected in the writ petition, is that he is an Advocate practising at District Courts, Doda, for the last 30 years. The petitioner further stated to have been issued Indian Passport bearing No.464744 dated 30/01/1982. On the expiry of the aforesaid passport, the petitioner applied for fresh passport, which facility was provided to him that remained valid upto 09/02/1993. According to the petitioner, he applied for the grant of passport facil

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