IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WRIT PETITION No.25326 of 2025 Between:

Rajat Gupta, S/o.Ranjan Kumar Gupta, R/o.Haryna, presently residing at United Kingdom.

…Petitioner AND Union of India & 6 others.

…Respondents

ORDER:

1. This Writ Petition is filed declaring the action of respondent No.3 in impounding/invalidating petitioner’s Passport No.X4330080 without a written order or reasons thereof, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct respondent Nos.1 to 3 to forthwith provide a copy of the written order, if any, to the petitioner and the statutory basis under which the passport of the petitioner was marked as invalid/retained and in the absence of any valid subsisting order, restore validity and release the petitioner’s passport or in the alternative, issue a fresh passport or enable renewal for a specified period to facilitate travel and immigration compliance or issue an Emergency Certificate on urgent grounds.

2. Heard Sri Ambedkar Dunna, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri R.Mangulal, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government representing respondent No.2; Sri N.Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India representing respondent No.1 and learned Government Pleader for Home representing respondent Nos.4 to 6.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that nothing survives in the Writ Petition as the passport of the petitioner had already been returned to him and hence, the matter became infructuous. Learned counsel also submitted a copy of written instructions dated 05.12.2025 received from Consulate General of India, Edinburgh, to that effect.

4. Recording the said submission and taking into consideration of the aforesaid letter dated 05.12.2025, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs.

5. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed.

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WRIT PETITION No.25326 of 2025