ORDER

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1. The present petition has been preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 , essentially seeking quashing of Look Out Circular (hereinafter referred to as „LOC‟), issued against the petitioner. For the sake of clarity, the prayer clause is extracted as under: -

“(i) To declare and issue a Writ of Mandamus, Certoirari and/or an appropriate writ of similar nature, thereby setting aside/quashing the illegally opened Look-Out Circular (LOC) if any, against the Petitioner

by the Respondents; and,

(ii) Direct the Respondents to service the notice of the Look Out Circular (LOC) as the same has not been received by the Petitioner till date, further directing the Respondents not to take any action on the LOC

issued against the Petitioner; and

(iii) Direct the Respondents to remove the name of the Petitioner from the list of persons against whom LOC Opened; and (iv) Direct the Respondents to provide information regarding all subsisting LOCs which have been opened against the Petitioner herein;

and (v) Direct the Respondent to allow the Petitioner to travel abroad without any restrictions being imposed or coercive steps being taken against him; (vi) Issue a wr