IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14^TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 27872 OF 2025 (GM-PASS)

BETWEEN:

SRI. BALAJI CHALAMALA S/O VENKATAIAH CHALAMALA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/AT NO. 701, AJMERA INFINITY, NEELADRI ROAD, PHASE-1, ELECTRONIC CITY DODDATHOGURU BENGALURU - 560 100 PERMANENTLY RESIDING AT NO. 4-458, FLAT NO.4, GAZETTED OFFICERS COLONY, OPP THELUGU GANGA OFFICE PODALAKURU ROAD, NELLURU Digitally signed NELLURU, ANDRAPRADESH - 524 004 by SHWETHA RAGHAVEN DRA …PETITIONER Location: HIGH (BY SRI. SHIVASHANKARA Y.D, ADVOCATE)

COURT OF KARNATAKA AND:

1. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SOUTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI - 110 001 HAVING ITS REGIONAL OFFICE AT REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE

80 FEET ROAD, 8TH BLOCK, KORMANGALA, BENGALURU - 560 095.

2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY SPP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU - 560 001.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B. RAVINDRANATH, AGA FOR R2; SMT. RESHMA THAMMAIAH, CGC FOR R1)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R-1 TO DELETE THE NAME OF PETITIONER DIVORCED WIFE KIMHOITHEM KIPGEN IN NAME OF SPOUSE COLUM AND INCORPORATE THE PRESENT ADDRESS OF THE PETITIONER IN THE PASSPORT BEARING NO. W2772097, FILE NO. BN1064380758522 AND CONSEQUENTLY DIRECT THE R-1 TO REISSUE THE PASSPORT AS PER ANNX-D.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ

ORAL ORDER

1. Smt. Reshma Thammaiah, CGC accepts notice for respondent no.1.

2. Learned AGA accepts notice for respondent no.2.

3. The petitioner is before this court seeking for the following reliefs:

i. Issue writ in the nature of mandamus directing the

1^st respondent to delete the name of petitioner divorced wife Kimhoithem Kipgen in name of spouse colum and incorporate the present address of the petitioner in the passport bearing No.W2772098, file No.BN1064380758522 and consequently direct the 1^st respondent to reissue the passport, in the interest of justice and equity.

ii. Pass such other order or direction as this Hon'ble Court deems fit on the fact and circumstances of the case in the interest of justice and equity.

4. The grievance of the petitioner is that the application which had been filed by the petitioner for modification of the address and deletion of his divorced wife's name from the spouses column has not been considered and in that background the aforesaid reliefs have been sought for in the present petition.

5. Smt. Reshma Thammaiah, learned counsel for respondent no.1, would submit that after the full validity passport had been issued to the petitioner, the petitioner being involved in a crime had been charge-sheeted and the full validity of the passport could not be issued. A temporary validity/short validity passport could be issued by taking into consideration the request which has been made by the petitioner in terms of the application for modification which has been filed within a period of two weeks from today.

6. The said submission answers the grievance of the petitioner.

7. Placing the said submission, the writ petition stands disposed of SD/-

(SURAJ GOVINDARAJ)

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