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Pavitarpal Singh v. Union of India and Another

Punjab & Haryana HC19 Mar 2026CWP/4849/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Mandamus for release of passport No. P9614813 dated 05.12.2016; High Court, Chandigarh; Harsh Bunger, J.; decision date 19.03.2026; respondent No.3 Sanjiv Kumar, Assistant Passport Officer, Amritsar; reply affidavit dated 19.01.2026 in compliance with order dated 24.12.2025; clarification letter dated 24.12.2025; explanation and unconditional apology accepted; passport already released; no further order required; further proceedings, if any, in accordance with law; pending applications closed; writ petition disposed.

What did the court decide?

No further order required as the petitioner's passport stands released; explanation and unconditional apology of respondent No.3 accepted; all pending application(s), if any, stand closed. ¶21

Pavitarpal Singh Vs Union of India and Another — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Petition herein is, inter alia , seeking a writ in the nature of Mandamus, for directing the respondents to release the passport No. P9614813 dated 05.12.2016 �� ! �� "#�$"�"$�%�� &!�

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In compliance with the order dated 24.12.2025 passed by this Court, reply/explanation by way of affidavit dated 19.01.2026 of respondent No.3 – Sanjiv Kumar, Assistant Passport Officer, Amritsar has already been filed.

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Learned counsel for the respondents submits that, although passport of the petitioner has been released by the respondents; however, one

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letter dated 24.12.2025 has been issued to the petitioner seeking certain clarifications/explanation from him.

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I have gone through the explanation as well as unconditional apology tendered by respondent No.3 – Sanjiv Kumar, Assistant Passport Officer, Amritsar and the same is accepted.

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Considering the fact that passport of petitioner already stands released; no further order is required to be passed in the present writ petition; however, it is observed that in case any further proceedings are to be carried out against the petitioner, the same would be done in accordance with law.

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