ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. Pasham Mohith, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner, Mr. Gadi Praveen Kumar, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India appearing on behalf of Respondent Nos.1, 3 to 5, and Ms.V.Dyumani, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No. 2.

2. Petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“....to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the actions of the Respondents in issuing and keeping a Look Out Circular (LoC) pending against the Petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and set aside/ quash the same and consequently direct the Respondents not to obstruct/restrain the Petitioner from travelling to and fro from the country vide Passport No N4236897 and pass.....”

PERUSED THE RECORD:

3. The counter affidavit has been filed by the Respondent-Bank and the relevant paragraph Nos. 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, are extracted hereunder:

“8. It is submitted that the Government of India, Ministry of finance, Department of Financial Services issued proceedings no. 25016/31/2010, dated 27.10.2010 the guidelines for issue of Lookout Notice in respect of Indian Citizens an