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P.Rajmohan v. The Regional Passport Officer

Madras HC5 Dec 2025WP(MD)/32832/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Passport re-issuance denied direct relief amid pending criminal cases; Writ of Mandamus under Article 226; Regional Passport Officer, Madurai; Dindigul Town North Police Station; Crime Nos.1303 of 2024 and 701 of 2024; charge sheet laid but not taken on file; direction to seek trial Court permission to go abroad; disposal of such application within four weeks; Judicial Magistrate No.II, Dindigul; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; W.P.(MD)No.32832 of 2025; disposed of, no costs.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of: petitioner to approach the trial Court concerned (Judicial Magistrate No.II, Dindigul) for permission to go abroad, such application to be decided within four weeks; based on the Magistrate's order, the first respondent (Regional Passport Officer) to proceed in accordance with law; no order as to costs.

P.Rajmohan Vs The Regional Passport Officer — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether a Writ of Mandamus should be issued directing the first respondent to re-issue the petitioner's Passport N3362683 pursuant to his passport application No.25-1063778243 dated 18.10.2025. +1 more

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Court's answer

In view of the pendency of the criminal cases, the petitioner was directed to approach the trial Court concerned seeking permission of the Court to go abroad.

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Ratio / Principle

If any such application for permission to go abroad is filed, the trial Court shall dispose of it within a period of four weeks.

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Key takeaways

Based upon the order to be passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Dindigul, the first respondent (Regional Passport Officer) is directed to proceed in accordance with law.ratio¶25
With the above observations, the Writ Petition stands disposed of, with no order as to costs.ratio¶26

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Mandamus sought before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court (R. Vijayakumar, J.) for re-issuance of Passport N3362683 pursuant to application No.25-1063778243 dated 18.10.2025. On the Government Advocate's submission, five criminal cases were pending against the petitioner, three of which had been quashed by this Court; in the remaining two (Crime Nos.1303 of 2024 and 701 of 2024 of the Dindigul Town North Police Station) the investigation was complete and the charge sheet had been laid before the Judicial Magistrate No.II, Dindigul, but was not yet taken on file. Directing the petitioner to instead approach the trial Court for permission to go abroad, with any such application to be disposed of within four weeks, the Court held that the first respondent (Regional Passport Officer) would proceed in accordance with law based on the Magistrate's order. Writ petition disposed of; no order as to costs.

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W.P.(MD).No.32832 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 05.12.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR

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W.P(MD)No.32832 of 2025

P.Rajmohan

...Petitioner

1.The Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Bharathi Ula Street, Race Course, Madurai.

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The Inspector of Police, The Dindigul Town North Police Station, Dindigul. ... Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the first respondent to re-issue the petitioner's Passport N3362683 by considering his passport application No.25-1063778243, dated 18.10.2025 and for other reliefs.

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For Petitioner : Mr.J.Lawrance For R1 : Mr.P.M.Vishnuvardhanan Central Government Standing Counsel For R2 : Mrs.M.Aasha Government Advocate (Criminal Side)

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O R D E R

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The present Writ Petition has been filed seeking a Mandamus as

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against the first respondent for re-issuance of passport to the petitioner based upon his application dated 18.10.2025.

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2. The learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) appearing for the second respondent submitted that there are five cases are pending as against the writ petitioner. Out of the said five cases, three of them have been quashed by this Court. As far as the two cases in Crime Nos.1303 of 2024 and 701 of 2024 on the file of the second respondent. Further, the investigation has been completed and the charge sheet has been laid before the Judicial Magistrate No.II, Dindigul. However, so far the same has not yet been taken on file.

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3. In view of the above said submissions, the petitioner is directed to approach the trial Court concerned seeking permission of the Court to go abroad. In case, if any such application is filed, the same shall be disposed of within a period of four weeks. Based upon the order passed by the Judicial

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Magistrate No.II, Dindigul, the first respondent is directed to proceed in accordance with law.

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4. With the above said observation, this Writ Petition stands disposed

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of. There shall be no order as to costs.