High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/16274/2017disposed of

Khushwinder Singh v. Union Of India And ORS.

2017-10-23Mr. Justice Dr. Bharat Bhushan Parsoon1 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP-16274-2017 (O & M) Date of decision: 23.10.2017 Khushwinder Singh ....Petitioner(s) V/s Union of India and ors.

...Respondent(s)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA

Present:

Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Karan Singh, Advocate, for the respondents. **** Rajan Gupta, J. (Oral) Petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct respondents no.2 and 3 to issue passport to the petitioner as considerable time has lapsed since submission of the application.

Reply by way of short affidavit of Narender Kumar, Senior Superintendent, Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar, has been filed. Same is taken on record. Learned counsel representing Union of India has referred to Para 05 thereof. He submits that in case the petitioner completes the necessary formalities as required by the authority, his case shall be considered forthwith. In view of stand taken by the respondents, this petition is disposed of with the observation that, in case, the petitioner complies with the requirements within one month from today, his case shall be considered within two weeks thereafter.

(RAJAN GUPTA) October 23, 2017 JUDGE sukhpreet Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Sukhpreet Kaur 2017.10.27 16:17 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Whether reportable : Yes/No