ORDER :

Heard Mr.N.Sreedhar Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr.K.V.V. Vedantha Charya, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents.

2. The Petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under :

“…to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or Direction, declaring the action of 2nd Respondent in not renewing the passport of petitioner made vide File No.HY7075704548723 dated 22.8.2023, as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and to consequently direct the Respondents to forthwith renew the passport of the petitioner made vide File No. HY7075704548723 dated 22.8.2023 for a period of 10 years, under Section 10 of Passports Act, 1967 and under Rule 12 of Passport Rules, 1980 without reference to the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner in C.C.No.3674 of 2022 on the file of the Hon’ble II Additional Junior Civil Judge cum II Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at LB Nagar and also the Gazette Notification issued by the Central Government vide GSR No 570(E) dated 25.8.1993...”

3. The case of the Petitioner as per the averments made by the petitioner in the affidavit filed by the petitioner in su