Disposed

Kotha Sudhakar v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC17 Dec 2024WP/35127/2024

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What is this about?

Petitioner abroad in Iraq sought relaxation of the condition of depositing his original passport before the Judicial Magistrate. The court noted the passport had expired and directed the petitioner to seek an Emergency Certificate from the Consulate General of India under Section 4(2)(a) of the Passports Act, and disposed of the I.A.

What did the court decide?

Application disposed with direction to petitioner to apply for an Emergency Certificate before the Consul General of India, Erbil; consulate requested to process it expeditiously.

Kotha Sudhakar Vs The State of Telangana — Telangana HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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FRIDAY, THE TWENry FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA

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REVIEW I.A.NO.1 oF 2025 IN

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WRIT PETITION NO: 3 5127 0F 2024

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Kotha Sudhakar, S/o parthasard-hi, Aged about 48 yeals. Occ. private Employee, R/o Erbit Kurdistian. Reorrbric ot rlaq."nepili".t"i 6v GpA horder Kotha s;i raiha, Wo Kotha Sudhakar nderr aooui s6 y;;;:il;*H[Lsewife, R/o H No. 1S_74t1, Choppadhandi, Ka rimnag"ar.

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,....PETITIONER

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The State of Telanoana, Represented by its Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderibad.

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The Superintendent of police, Karimnagar.

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The Station House Officer, pS, Choppadhandi, Karimnagar.

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a $:fii of tndia, Represented by Secretary, Ivtinistry of Externat Affairs, New

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The Regional passport Officer, Hyderabad.

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.....RESPONDENTS

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-^Petition Under section 151 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to rerax the condition of depositing the originar passport of the petitioner before the Hon'ble lAdditionar Judiciar Magistrate of First crass at Mancheriar passed in wp No. 35127 of 2024 and Order date: 17t12t2O24.

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This petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the betition and affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sRr p.sHrvA REDDY,

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,' Advocate for^{the Revision Petitioner'G P FOR HoME' appearingfor the} Respondent^{Nos '1 to 3' SMT B KAVITA YADAV' the Learned StandingCounsel} for Central^{GovernmentrepresentingRespondent Nos'4 & 5 ' The Court made} the following:^ORDER

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TheCourtisinformedthatthepetitionerispresentlyworkinginErbil, Republic of^{lraq and is represented by the General Powerof Attorney holder} (wife).

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Learned counsel^{appearingfor the petitionersubmits thatthe} petitioner's^{passportwas expired on 21-7 -2025 and the petitioner is required} to travel^{to lndia through a new passport'}

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Learned^{Standing Counsel representing respondentNos'3 to5} Submitsthatthepetitionerwillhavetotakestepsundersectiona(2)(a)of The Passports^{Act, 1967 which contemplates issue of an Emergency} Certificate^{authorizing a person to enter lndia'}

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The^{petitioneris requiredto make an appropriate applicationbefore} the consul^{Generalof lndia, Erbil, Republic of lraq' Needlessto say' the} petitioner is at libertY^{to do so'}

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The petitioner^{shall take the requisitesteps under The Passports Act'} 1967. Given^{the urgency expressed on behalf of the petitioner and the fact} that the^{petitioner is presentlyoutside lndia (in lraq)'the ConsulGeneral of} thelndianConsulateisrequestedtoprocessthepetitioner,sapplicationfor an Emergency^{Certificateas expeditiouslyas possible'}

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l.A.No.1 of^{2O25is accordingly disposedof'}

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SD/.A. SRINIVASA^REDDY ASSISTANT^REGISTRAR

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To 1. The Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat' State of Telangana at Hvderabad.

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The Superintendent^{of Police, Karimnagar'}

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i. fne stdtion^{House Officer,PS, Choppadhandr'Karrmnaga} i. iil; 5;;;;ir,v,^{unionotlnoia,Minisiry of External Affairs'New Delhi}

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5 The Reoiona[ Passport Officer,^Hyderabad'

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WP.No.3S127^{of 2024}

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DISPOSING OF^{THE I.A.}

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Kotha Sudhakar v. The State of Telangana

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