.1. The Writ Petition is for the issue of a Writ of certiorarified mandamus to quash the order of the Government of India communicated by the fourth respondent in his proceedings dated 5. 1996 impounding petitioner’s passport and to direct the respondents to return the petitioner’s passport V-475478 issued at Madras on 20.10.1995. The petitioner is a Indian citizen and earlier he had been issued a passport K-870249, issued at Hong Kong on 24. 1992. That passport was valid up to 22. 2002. According to the petitioner he had lost his passport and therefore, he had applied for a new passport before the Passport Officer, Madras, on 6. 1995. Since the petitioner’s Hongkong residential visa was to expire in the first week of November, 1995 he sought for urgent orders on the request for a new passport. It is under these circumstances that the subject passport V-475478 was issued on 20.10.1995 valid up to 110. 1996. Under the strength of this passport the petitioner travelled to Hongkong to attend to his busi ness activities. He sought for extension of the validity of the passport by making an application to the fourth respondent. In the meanwhile, the Enforcement Director had is