The petitioner sought reissuance of a passport by the Chennai RPO via writ jurisdiction. The Court noted the application was processed by Madurai RPO due to ED queries and closed the petition, directing the petitioner to approach the Madurai office.
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W.P.No.24516 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 01.02.2024
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH
W.P.No.24516 of 2023
Murugan
.. Petitioner
vs
Regional Passport Officer, Office of Regional Passport, Chennai Royala Towers, No.2 & 3, IV Floor, Old No. 785, New No.158, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 002.
.. Respondent
Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to re issuance of petitioner's passport with fresh pages bearing Application file reference No. MD1072771323920 within the time stipulated by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.A.Sathiya Prakash For Respondents : Mr.AR.Sakthivel, Senior Panel Counsel
ORDER
Mr.AR.Sakthivel, appearing for the respondent would submit
that the passport of which the petitioner seeks re-issuance has
been issued by the Regional Passport Officer at Madurai. Even in
the application filed by the petitioner online for re-issuance of
passport, the place of issue is stated as Madurai.
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DR. ANITA SUMANTH,J.
costs.
01.02.2024
Index:Yes/No Neutral Citation:Yes/No ssm
To
The Regional Passport Officer, Office of Regional Passport, Chennai Royala Towers, No.2 & 3, IV Floor, Old No. 785, New No.158, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 002.
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Murugan
Regional Passport Officer, Office of Regional Passport, Chennai
Anita Sumanth
As recorded by the court registry
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