Atul Punj Vs Union of India through the Department of Revenue & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Atul Punj Vs Union of India through the Department of Revenue & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Permission to travel abroad on the updated itinerary (20.06.2025 to 11.07.2025) with added destinations and departure preponed from 23.06.2025 to 20.06.2025 (return date unchanged), subject to the same conditions as the order dated 16.05.2025, contingent on filing a detailed itinerary affidavit, an undertaking to strictly adhere to the itinerary, and copies of air tickets before the Registrar General.

Issue for consideration

Whether to allow the petitioner's application (CM APPL.32473/2025) modifying the travel-permission order dated 16.05.2025 by adding further destinations to the itinerary submitted earlier and preponing the date of departure from 23.06.2025 to 20.06.2025, while keeping the return date unchanged. +1 more

Court's answer

The modification application is allowed: the petitioner is granted permission to undertake the travel abroad subject to the same conditions which were referred to in the order dated 16.05.2025 passed by this Court.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner shall file a detailed affidavit disclosing his complete (updated) itinerary, including his stay at various locations abroad as well as telephone numbers and residential/hotel addresses.

Key takeaways

The petitioner shall file an undertaking that he shall strictly adhere to the itinerary mentioned in the affidavit and not visit any other stations.ratio¶¶19
The petitioner shall furnish a copy of the air tickets purchased by him before the Registrar General.ratio¶¶19
The application (CM APPL.32473/2025) stands disposed of.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Sachin Datta, J.), order dated 26.05.2025 in W.P.(C) 5141/2025 (Atul Punj v. Union of India through the Department of Revenue & Ors.): disposes of CM APPL.32473/2025 by allowing the petitioner's request to modify the travel-permission order dated 16.05.2025 — further destinations added to the itinerary and departure preponed from 23.06.2025 to 20.06.2025 with the return date unchanged — permitting foreign travel over the updated itinerary of 20.06.2025 to 11.07.2025 under the same conditions as the earlier order. Conditions imposed: (i) filing a detailed affidavit disclosing the complete updated itinerary, including stays at various locations abroad, telephone numbers and residential/hotel addresses; (ii) an undertaking to strictly adhere to that itinerary and not visit any other stations; and (iii) furnishing copies of the air tickets purchased before the Registrar General. Documents to be verified by the concerned Joint Registrar (Judicial) on 30.05.2025. Separately, the appearance of Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, was taken on record for 26.05.2025 and the previous hearing date (16.05.2025), and the order dated 16.05.2025 was modified to the extent it had recorded the appearance of other counsel for the respondents. No statute or precedent was cited and no monetary quantum arises.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(C) 5141/2025 ATUL PUNJ .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv., Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Mr. Malik M. Bhatt and Mr. Kailash Ram, Advs.

versus

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anurag Ojha, SSC, Mr. V. K. Saksena, JSC, Ms. Hemlata Rawat, JSC and Mr. Dipak Raj, Advs. for R- 1.

Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, GP, Mr. Kushagra Kumar and Mr. Amit Kumar, Advs.

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA

O R D E R % 26.05.2025

CM APPL.32473/2025 ( filed on behalf of petitioner seeking modification of order dated 16.05.2025)

Vide order dated 16.05.2025, this Court has granted permission to the petitioner / applicant to travel abroad subject to certain conditions.

This application has been filed by the petitioner pointing out that he was constrained to change the travel itinerary in view of certain unforeseen circumstances. Accordingly, by way of this application, the petitioner seeks to:

(i) add further destinations to the itinerary submitted earlier;

(ii) prepone the date of departure from 23.06.2025 to 20.06.2025,

This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 22:40:27

while keeping the return date unchanged.

The updated itinerary covering the period from 20.06.2025 to 11.07.2025 has been set out in paragraph 4 of this application.

Considering the averments made in the application, the same is allowed. The petitioner is granted permission to undertake the travel subject to the same conditions which were referred to in the order dated 16.05.2025 passed by this Court.

The petitioner shall file a detailed affidavit disclosing his complete (updated) itinerary, including his stay at various locations abroad as well as telephone numbers and residential/hotel addresses. He shall also file an undertaking that he shall strictly adhere to the said itinerary mentioned in the affidavit and not visit any other stations. He shall also furnish a copy of the air tickets purchased by him before the Registrar General.

The application stands disposed of.

List before the concerned Joint Registrar (Judicial) for verification of documents on 30.05.2025.

W.P.(C) 5141/2025

The appearance of Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, learned Standing Counsel on behalf of the respondent/s, is taken on record for today’s hearing as well as for the hearing on the previous date (16.05.2025). The said order dated 16.05.2025 stands modified to the extent that it records the appearance of some other counsel on behalf of the respondents.

SACHIN DATTA, J

MAY 26, 2025/ cl

This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 22:40:27