M.K. Hanjura, J.

1. Petitioner claims that he possesses the Passport with the date of expiry as 29.06.2016. He sought issuance of the full-term Passport in place of one year. However, the respondents have not come to terms to issue the full term Passport as by the communication bearing No. POSK/P-III/24-16/4966 dated 17th June 2016, they declined to accede to his request. This, according to the petitioner, has forced him to knock at the portals of this Court with the writ petition on hand.

2. The case set up by the petitioner is that during the course of the trial, faced by him, in the case FIR No. 14/1991, in the court of the learned Special Judge, Anticorruption, Srinagar, validity of the passport/travel document expired on or around in the month of December, 2004. The petitioner, accordingly, applied for renewal of the passport/travel document. The petitioner also states that the prosecution, being faced by him in case FIR No. 14/1991 is for the alleged acts done in discharge of the official duties, therefore, by reason and by virtue of the Standing Orders issued and notified vide GSR No. 570 (E) dated 25.08.1993, the applicability of Clause (f) of Subsection 2 of Section 6