2026:APHC:8410 APHC010105032026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.5734 OF 2026 Between:

BVV Suryanarayana ...PETITIONER AND Union of India and another ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. T RAGHU PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents:

1. PELLETI RAJESH KUMAR (CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COUNSEL)

The Court made the following ORDER:

The Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of the respondent in renewing the petitioner’s passport for a validity period of one year instead of renewing it for the standard period of ten years.

2. Case of the petitioner is that he is an Advocate and in past he served as a Marine Engineer with Dynamic Propulsion Specialization, presently hired as a Consultant by Saipem Srl, Italy, through Global Petro Services (GPS), Zurich, Switzerland.

He has to travel to various Countries every month on his professional assignments. He is holding a passport bearing No.Z3696305, issued on 27.04.2016 and, it would expire by 26.04.2026. Therefore, he applied for renewal of his passport before th