HON’BLE MRS JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.3883 OF 2024

ORDER:

Heard Sri R.Sujan Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri G.Bhaskar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government appearing for respondent No.2.

2. The petitioner approached this Court seeking the relief as under:

“to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the 1^st respondent in not renewing the petitioner’s passport bearing No.J3431689 in spite of submitting the explanation dated 29.01.202 to the letter dated 20.04.2023 bearing Lr.Ref.No.SCN/314657361/23, as being illegal, arbitrary, unjust and unconstitutional, and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case..”

3. The case of the petitioner in brief:

It is the specific case of the petitioner that the petitioner applied for renewal of passport with the file No. MA1075013697923, dated 27.01.2023, and the petitioner in response to his application dated 27.01.2023 received a letter dated 20.04.2023 issued by the Regional Passport Office, Chennai, informing petitioner’s request for issuan