Mr. Mahesh Grover, J.: - The petitioners through this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India pray for a direction to respondent No.3 to re-issue the passport to them.

2. It is the stated case of the petitioners that husband of petitioner No.1 and father of petitioner No.2 had gone to Canada in the year 2000 and gained asylum there. The petitioners left India in the year 2007 on permanent resident visa to Canada on an Indian Passport. The husband of petitioner No.1 became a permanent resident of Toronto on 21.4.2007 and was granted permanent resident card. Petitioner No.2 was also granted similar card. Due to some emergency, the petitioners had to travel to India. They applied for re-issue of the passport to the Indian Consular Office at Toronto and were granted a short duration six months passport on 4.3.2011 issued at Toronto and valid upto 3.9.2011 in the case of petitioner No.1, whereas petitioner No.2 was issued a similar passport on 16.3.2011 valid upto 15.6.2011. The petitioners approached the Vancouver Consular Office subsequent thereto on 12.10.2011, 13.10.2011, 28.10.2011, 29.10.2011 and 1.11.2011 for their passports, but were denied the same.