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NEUTRAL CITATION

C/SCA/7090/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 08/05/2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 7090 of 2026

FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No

No

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AMIT MANUBHAI PAREKH

Versus

REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, AHMEDABAD & ANR.

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Appearance:

KANAN R JADEJA(8999) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1

MS VIBHUTI K JADEJA(14009) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1

MR PRADIP D BHATE(1523) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2

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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK

Date : 08/05/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned Standing Counsel

waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the

respondents.

2. By way of the present writ petition, filed under Articles

21 and 226 of the Constitution of India r/w the provision

of Passport Act, 1967 the petitioner has prayed for

direction to renew/reissue the passport of the petitioner

for period of 10 years.

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3. Learned advocate for the petitioner has submitted

that under the prevalent rules of the GSR Notification

570(E) dated 25.08.1993, the respondent authority has to

renew the passport of the petitioner for a period of 10

years. He has submitted that the petitioner had applied

for renewal of the passport, however, the respondent

authority has not renewed the passport for 10 years on

the ground of pendency of the criminal case against the

petitioner.

4. Mr. Pradip D. Bhate, learned advocate for the

respondent submits that the passport application of the

petitioner is to be processed in accordance with the GSR

Notification 570(E) dated 25.08.1993. He submits that

the citizens who are facing criminal proceedings have to

produce orders from the Court concerned permitting

them to depart from India.

5. Heard learned advocates for the parties, perused the

documents on record and considered the submissions.

6. At the outset, it is not in dispute that the application of

the petitioner for renewal of the passport is still pending

before the concerned respondent authority. Further, from

the record it appears that the petitioner has filed Criminal

Misc. Application No.4676 of 2022 before this Court and

this Court observed that chargesheet shall not be filed

against the petitioner without prior permission of this

Court.

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7. At this stage, it is appropriate to refer the GSR

Notification 570(E) dated 25.08.1993 reads as under:-

“G.S.R 570 (E)-In exercise of the powers conferred by

clause (a) of the Section 22 of the Passports Act 1967

(15 of 1967) and in supersession of the notification of the

Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs

No. G.S.R. 298(E), dated the 14th April, 1976, the

Central Government, being of the opinion that it is

necessary in public interest to do so, hereby exempts

citizens of India against whom proceedings in respect of

an offences alleged to have been committed by them are

pending before a criminal court in India and who

produce orders from the court concerned permitting

them to depart from India, from the operation of the

provisions of Clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 6 of

the said Act, subject to the following conditions,

namely :-

(a) the passport to be issued to every such citizen shall

be issued-

(i) for the period specified in order of the court referred

to above, if the court specifies a period for which the

passport has to be issued; or

(ii) if no period either for the issue of