IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17634 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ==========================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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MAHESHKUMAR MANGALDAS PRABHAKAR Versus THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE AHMEDABAD & ANR.

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Appearance:

KAIVAN M DASTOOR(9322) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR PRADIP D BHATE(1523) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ==========================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 17/04/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. RULE returnable forthwith. Learned Standing Counsel waives service of notice of rule on behalf of the respondents.

2. With the consent of learned counsel for the respective parties, the present petition is taken up for hearing.

3. Present petition is filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and under the provisions of the Passport Act seeking direction to respondent – passport authority to issue passport for a period of 10 years to the petitioner and to decide the application preferred by the petit