ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed praying this Court to declare the action of respondent No.2 in issuing a letter No.OBJ/ 317644717/2024, dated 12.04.2024 and not renewing/ reissuing the passport in favour of the petitioner considering the online application No.HY4076221236724, dated 17.01.2024 on the ground of pendency of a criminal case as illegal and arbitrary.

2. It is the case of petitioner that he is holding Indian Passport bearing No.M4277037, which is going to be expired on 10.12.2024. Therefore, the petitioner submitted an application No.HY4076221236724, dated 17.01.2024 before respondent No.2 through online with a request to reissue the passport. The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that instead of reissuing the passport, respondent No.2 issued a Letter Ref.No.OBJ/317644717/2024, dated 12.04.2024 and informed that an adverse police verification report was received against the petitioner about his involvement in Crime No.24 of 2022 of CVBR, J Wp_14365_2024 Armoor Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 427 and 324 read with 149 of I.P.C.

3. Heard Sri K. Venumadhav, learned couns