3. Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the concerned opposite parties submits that admittedly there is one criminal trial pending against the petitioner under Sections-452, 323, 504, 506 I.P.C. lodged at P.S.-Harriya, District-Balrampur and as per averment made in para no.5 of the petition, chargesheet has been filed, on account of which, the passport cannot be issued in view of Section 6(2)(f) of the Passport Act, 1967 (in short 'the Act, 1967'). However, he has fairly informed the Court that certain exemptions have been granted in this regard vide Notification bearing GSR 570 (E) dated 25.08.1993 which has been reiterated by a recent Notification dated 10.10.2019. These notifications are statutory in nature and have been issued in exercise of powers conferred by Clause-(a) of Section 22 of the Act, 1967 and are in supersession of earlier Notification dated 14.04.1976. According to the said Notification, if the petitioner gets a No-Objection Certificate/ permission from the court where the criminal cases are pending then a short validity passport can be reissued to the petitioner in terms of the aforesaid Notifications. However, as of now, no such permission has been taken by the petitioner. Learned counsel for the opposite parties has also invited our attention to earlier decisions of this Court such as decision dated 20.11.2018 passed in Writ Petition No.31723 (M/B) of 2018 'Salim Kumar vs. Union of India & Ors.' wherein this aspect as also GSR 570(E) dated 25.08.1993 was taken into consideration as also decision of Delhi High Court and thereafter, direction was
