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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 29-01-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

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Kumaravelu Shanmugam

..Petitioner

Vs

1. The Regional Passport Officer

Chennai Royal Towers,

No.293, IV Floor,

Old No.785, New No.158,

Anna Salai,

Chennai 600 002.

2. The Inspector of Police

Thiru.Vi.Ka.Nagar,

K9 Police Station,

Chennai

..Respondents

PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent to consider

petitioner’s representation dated 28.11.2025 and renewal the petitioner’s

passport vide Application No.MA2075836170125 dated 28.10.2025 within a

time frame fixed by this Court.

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For Petitioner(s): Mr.P.G.Kugan

For Respondent(s): Mr.A.Poornachandran

Central Government Standing Counsel for R1

Mr.LK.Baskaran

Govt. Advocate [ Crl.Side] for R2

ORDER

The petitioner has filed the above writ petition seeking a mandamus to

the respondents to consider his representation dated 28.11.2025 for renewal

of his passport vide Application No.MA2075836170125.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that he applied for renewal of his passport

on 28.10.2025 before the office of the first respondent. On receipt of the said

application, the first respondent, vide letter dated 22.11.2025, informed the

petitioner that an adverse police verification report had been received from

Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar K-9 Police Station in respect of the petitioner in F.I.R.

No.699 of 2022.

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3. The petitioner would submit that he is a social worker and political

activist, and that the said F.I.R. might have been registered in connection

with some protest for a social cause. He would further submit that he was

not aware of the registration of the said F.I.R. until he was informed by the

first respondent. He would also submit that, as on date, no charge sheet has

been filed and no summons has been served on him. The petitioner thereafter

submitted a representation to the first respondent seeking renewal of his

passport. However, no action has been taken on the said representation to

date. Therefore, the petitioner is before this Court.

4. Heard the submissions of the counsels and this Court also perused

the records.

5. In view of the above, the first respondent is directed to take note of the

fact that only an FIR was registered in the year 2022, but no charge sheet has

been filed till date, and to consider the petitioner’s representation seeking

renewal of his passport and pass appropriate orders, if all other parameters

are found to be in order, in accordance with law, within a period of four

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weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The 1^st respondent

shall bear in mind the dicta laid down in a recent judgment of the Hon’ble

Supreme Court reported as Mahesh Kumar Agarwal Vs Union of India

[SLP(Civil) No.17769 of 2025. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed.

No costs.

29-01-2026

Index: Yes/No

Speaking/Non-speaking order

Neutral Citation: Yes/No

srn

To:

1. The Regional Passport Officer

Chennai Royal Towers,

No.293, IV Floor,

Old No.785, New No.158,

Anna Salai,

Chennai 600 002.

2. The Inspector of Police

Thiru.Vi.Ka.Nagar,

K9 Police Station, Chennai

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P.T.ASHA J.

srn

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