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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 23342/2025 Vikramjeet Singh S/o Shri Vinod Swami, Aged About 24 Years, Resident Of Ward No. 12, Village Post Ramgarh, 16Dpn, District Hanumangarh, Rajasthan.

----Petitioner Versus

1. Union Of India, Through Secretary Ministry Of External Affairs, Government Of India, New Delhi.

2. The Regional Passport Officer, (Jaipur), J-14, Jhalana Institutional Area, Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur-Raj. 302051.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Manoj Kumar.

For Respondent(s) : -

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

13/03/2026 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment dated 07.12.2021, passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in the case of Hardik Shah Vs. Union of India & Ors. : Writ Petition No.5692 of 2020 (Indore). The said order is reproduced hereinbelow:-

“1. The petitioner, a travel blogger and consultant has visited this Court for the second time against the action of Regional Passport Authority, Bhopal in not issuing a regular passport for a period of ten years and on the contrary impounding his passport in