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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 18195/2025

MR. WIM EVERT K. LAUWAERT .....Petitioner

Through: Ms. Devika Mahan, Mr. Namit Suri,

Mr. Karan Seth, Mr. Dhruv Negi and

Mr. Cyril Ignatiaus, Advocates.

versus

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, CGSC

along with Ms. Aditi Singh, GP and

Mr. Nipun Jain, Advocates for UOI.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA

O R D E R

% 23.12.2025

CM APPL.81304/2025 (filed on behalf of the petitioner for directions)

1. Vide order dated 08.12.2025, it was directed as under:-

“1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner, a Belgium citizen and an academician, asserting that he has been stranded in India for over a period of two months post expiration of his e-visa, despite no fault of his own. It is submitted that the petitioner has not been able to secure an exit permit from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) and that

the denial of the same is wholly arbitrary and untenable.

2. It is submitted that either the petitioner should be granted an exit visa so that he can go back to his home country, or alternatively, the petitioner’s e-visa be extended. It is submitted that the petitioner c