JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned proceedings bearing No.2000010_cpc_MDU dated 11.08.2020 issued by the respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to re-issue the passport of the petitioner bearing No.Z5253543 on File No.MD2072792315920 and to pass such further or other orders as this Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and thus render justice.)

1. The writ petitioner is the founder of Jesus Redeems Ministry and a well known evangelist. The petitioner applied for re-issuance of passport, because, his old one got damaged. The respondent called for police verification report. It then came to be known that the petitioner was involved in as many as four criminal cases. Therefore, the respondent vide notice dated 05.02.2020 called upon the petitioner to provide suitable explanation as to why the petitioner suppressed material information in his application. The petitioner vide explanation dated 11.02.2020 informed the respondent that further proceedings in all the cases have been stayed by t