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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARSH BUNGER
Gurmail Singh – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARSH BUNGER, J.
1. Prayer in this civil writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of Constitution of India, inter alia, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for setting aside Show Cause Notice dated 27.10.2025 (Annexure P-2), issued by Regional Passport Officer, Amritsar (respondent No. 2) seeking clarification from petitioner for suppressing material information regarding pending criminal case in his passport application.
2. Learned counsel for petitioner has reiterated the averments
3. Heard.
4. Evidently, the instant civil writ petition has been filed against show cause notice dated 27.10.2025 (Annexure P-2). It is well settled that the writ petition challenging a show cause notice is not maintainable unless show cause notice has been issued by authority concerned, which lacks jurisdiction.
4.1 In this regard, reference can be made to judgment rendered by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the case of "Executive Engineer Bihar State Housing Board v. Ramesh Kumar Singh and others", (1996) 1 SCC 327, wherein it was held that for entertaining a writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India against a show-cause notice, it should be shown that the authori
A show-cause notice does not constitute an infringement of rights, and a writ petition against it is typically premature unless jurisdictional issues are present.
Point of Law : writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is maintainable and this Court can exercise such jurisdiction in case the writ petition is filed for the enforcement of any....
A writ petition is not ordinarily maintainable against a show-cause notice or charge-sheet issued by a public authority unless it is wholly without jurisdiction or illegal.
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