JUDGMENT :

RAVINDRA MAITHANI, J.

1. By means of instant petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:

“(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to forthwith reissue the passport of the petitioner bearing no. U4589906 and to not to withhold re-issuance of the same on the alleged ground of pendency of criminal case no. 62 of 2010.

(ii) To pass any other suitable order which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case.”

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. It is a case of the petitioner that initially, he applied for the ordinary Passport which was issued to him on 19.12.1990 bearing No. A135662 (“the passport”). The passport was renewed subsequently on two occasions and it was valid till 19.03.2022. In between an FIR was lodged against the petitioner at Police Station Doiwala, District Dehradun. Therefore, in both occasions, when renewal was sought, the petitioner was asked by the Passport Authorities to get No Objection Certificate (“NOC”) from the Court concerned, which the petitioner did. Initially, NOC was given by the court concerned on 11.06.2018