High Court directed passport officers to process a fresh passport application without insisting on the production of the petitioner's lost impounded passport, relying instead on materials available in the officers' files.
Directing respondents to process the petitioner's fresh passport application without insisting on production of the old passport.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 05.09.2014
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN
W.P. No. 21555 of 2014
&
M.P. No. 1 of 2014
Mohideen Haniff ..Petitioner
Vs.
Prayer: Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of a Writ of Mandamus directing the 2nd respondent to return the petitioner's old passport bearing No. Z152291 forthwith.
For Petitioner :: Mr.Rahul Balaji For Respondents:: Mr.K. Ravindranath SCGSC O R D E R
The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition seeking a mandamus to direct the 2nd respondent to return his old passport.
nv
To
W.P. No. 21555 of 2014
and
M.P.No.1 of 2014
JP (CO)
kk 18/9
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is required to produce an impounded old passport which is no longer available with the respondents or the court for the issuance of a fresh passport.
Whether the Passport Officer can process a fresh passport application without insisting on the production of the old passport given the material in their own files.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Mohideen Haniff
The Chief Passport Officer, Patiala House, New Delhi
The Passport Officer, Passport Office, Tiruchirapalli
V. Ramasubramanian
As recorded by the court registry
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