High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/12474/2023disposed of

Gurpreet Singh v. Union Of India And Others

2023-07-12Mr. Justice Jagmohan Bansal2 pages

CWP-12474-2023 -12023:PHHC:086446

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH CWP-12474-2023 Date of Decision : 12.07.2023 Gurpreet Singh ......... Petitioner

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UOI and others ......... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present :

Mr.Rahul Bhargava, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Karan Kumar Jund, Central Govt. counsel for the respondents-UOI.

**** JAGMOHAN BANSAL , J. (Oral) The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India is seeking directions to respondent No.2 to decide his appeal.

The petitioner applied for renewal of passport on 17.09.2021. The application was accepted by Indian Embassy at Lisbon, Portugal. The application came to be rejected by respondents. The petitioner assailing rejection order preferred a writ petition bearing No.CWP-20726-2022 before this Court which vide order dated 22.11.2022 came to be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to prefer an appeal against the impugned order. The petitioner has preferred an appeal on 21.03.2023 before Appellate Authority i.e. respondent No.2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that respondent No.2 may be directed to adjudicate appeal of the petitioner in a time bound manner.

ANJU GOEL 2023.07.12 17:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CWP-12474-2023 -22023:PHHC:086446 Mr. Karan Kumar Jund, Central Govt. counsel for the respondents assures the Court that the Appellate Authority would decide appeal of the petitioner within 08 weeks from today. In view of statement of learned counsel for the respondents, the present petition stands disposed of.

( JAGMOHAN BANSAL ) JUDGE 12.07.2023 anju Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No ANJU GOEL 2023.07.12 17:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document