IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.6517 of 2026 Dated: 03.03.2026 Between:

Sri Manga Sreedhar Goud …Petitioner AND The Union of India & others …Respondents

ORDER:

The Writ Petition is filed challenging the action of Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in not reissuing/renewing the petitioner’s passport vide File No.HY2075555178725, dated 28.08.2025, on the ground of pendency of a criminal case.

2. Heard Sri V. Kiran Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner; Smt. NVR Rajyalakshmi, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government representing Sri N. Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and learned Government Pleader for Home, for respondent Nos.4 and 5.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that mere arraignment of the petitioner in a criminal case cannot be a ground for denial of passport. He relies on the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.31316 of 2025, dated 27.10.2025.

4. Learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3 submits that a criminal case is pending against the petitioner vide C.C.No.1809 of 2024 before the learned IX Additional Metropolitan Magistra