JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue any writ, order or direction in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to renew the Passport of the petitioner (Passport No. K 4667316) within a time period that may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.)

1. This Writ Petition has been filed for a mandamus seeking for a direction to the first respondent to renew the passport of the petitioner based on his renewal application.

2. According to the petitioner, he is an Indian citizen presently working in Portugal. He has applied for renewal of his passport with the second respondent. His existing passport expired on 22.01.2022. The application for renewal was submitted on 22.10.2021. However, the first respondent has not processed the application on the ground that there is an adverse report received from the police authorities in India against the petitioner and there are also some pending court cases against him. Therefore, the first respondent has informed the petitioner on 07.12.2021 that he will have to give full particulars about the criminal cases pending against him as well as the court cases from the concerned police a