Telangana High Court
WP/2397/2026 of Nandhipally Vidyasagar Rao Vs The Union of India on 6 February 2026
HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE STXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA o: Between: [gOigaltV_[O.yqgqg.ar Rao, S/o. Nadipally Venkat Rao,aged. 70 years, Occ.Business, R/o.
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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
FRIDAY, THE STXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA
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Between:
[gOigaltV_[O.yqgqg.ar Rao, S/o. Nadipally Venkat Rao,aged. 70 years, Occ.Business, R/o. 5-6-1 3712 Krishna Nagar, NTPC Soinanapalle, Ririagundam.
cr of Petitioner is amended as per c.o.dt.2O/212026 in t.A.No.212026.
...PETITIONER
AND
1. The Union of lndia, Rep. by its secretary, Ministry of Home, New Delhi.
2. The state of Telanga.na,. Home. department, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat Hyderabad.
3. Regional p.assport. officer, Hyd_erabad. 73, Red Cross Road, Shivaji Nagar, Secunderabad, Telangana - 500003
4. lnspector of police, NTPC police station, peddapaili District.
5qtt, Bhagyalaxami, wo sammaiah, Aged. 37 years occ. House wife, Rio Krishna Nagar, Ramagundam Mandal, peddapalli District.
...RESPONDENTS
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of tndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents action of the respondents more particularly third Respondent Regional Passport Officer Hyderabad in not renewing the passport bearing No. P3049930 of the petitioner is highly arbitrary, bad and illegal and consequently direct the third respondent to renew the passport bearing No. 3049930 of the petitioner.
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Petition under Section 151 cpc prayrng that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to direct the thirc respondent that is Regionar passport officer Hyderabad to consider renew;rl of passport bearing No. 3049930 of the petitioner.
Counsel for the, Petitioner : SRI P.PRABHAKAR REDDY
counserf orthe,RespondentNo.ltt;:t#J.S,ff1"^i"jffB,r, Dy.Solicitor General Of lndia Counsel for ther Respondent No.4 : Gp FOR HOME
Counsel for ther Respondent No.5 :
The Court made the following: ORDER
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06th Februarv.2026
Between:
NadipallY VidYasagar Rao
AND
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The Union of lndia, represented by its
Secretary, tr/inistry of Home, New Dethi' and others
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ORDER:
The petitioner's passport bearing No. P-3049930 is valid until 15'06'2026' He submitted an application on 06.01 .2026 seeking renewal of passport' however, the passport has not been renewed on the ground that criminal case in CrimeNo.2l4of2024ofNTPCPoliceStation,fortheoffencesunderSections 296-8,115(2),351(2)readwith3(5)ofBNS,2023ispendingagainsthim.ltis his grievance that he does real estate business, along with one Ramakrishna Rao, in lndia as well as in Dubai, and they floated a company named KVR Projects Managem ent FZC LLC in Ajman NU Venture centre Free Zone in Dubai, and that the project is to be completed by December 2026' and that if the passport is not renewed, he would suffer irreparable loss' lt is contended that mere pendency of criminal case cannot be a ground to reiect / refuse to issue / renew the passport, and therefore seeks a direction to the 3'd respondent to renew his PassPort.
2. Heard Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner; and Ms' N.V.R. Rajya Lakshmi, learned standing counsel representing Mr' N' Bhujanga ... Petitioner Respondents
I Rao, learnecl Deputy Solicitor General, and learned Government Pleader for Home. Perused the record.
3. Leam,-'d counsel for the petitioner submits that mere pendency of criminal case cannot be a ground to reject the issuance / renewal of passport. He relies on the orden; passed in W.PNo.39233 ot 2025, dated 07.01.2026.
4. Learned Standing Counsel would contend that mere pendency of criminal proceedings cannot be a ground to reject / refuse to issue or renew a passport, however, in such cases of pendency of criminal proceedings, the passport authorities n:new the passport either for one year, or for the duration specified by the concemr>d Court.
5. Havirg considered the respective contentions, the Crime No.214 of 2024 appears to rle under investigation by the police, as no charge sheet has been filed before the jurisdictional criminal Court. ln that view of the matter, the 3d respondent-passport authority is directed to renew the passport for a period of one year. lt is made clear that if the petitioner intends to travel abroad during the pendency of criminal proceedings, he shall file appropriate application before the jurisdictional criminal Court (if charge sheet is filed in Crime No.214 ot 2024 by such time), or this Court (if the charge sheet has not been filed by such time) seeking permission to travel abroad. Upon filing such application, the same shall be conside'ed in accordance with law by imposing appropriate conditions, to secure the presence of the petitioner for trial in the pending criminal Proceeding:;.
6. Accc,rdingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. Miscellaneous petitions p€nding, if any, shall stand closed. Note : That during the course of dispatch of the final order by this section, an LA filed seeking modification for name of the Petitioner in Order dated 06-02-2026 in W.P.No.2397 of 2026. The same is substituted and amended as per the Order, dated 20-02-2026 in l.A.No.2 of 2026. .BHAVANI SWAMY ISTANT REGIS ,/TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER
1. The Secretary, Union of lndia, Ministry of Home, New Delhi The Principal Secretary, state of Telangana, Home department, Secretariat Hyderabad. To, a,.cr_.-
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3. The Regionar passport officer, Hydel*g{.^73, Red cross Road, shivaji Nagar, Secunileradad, Telandan'a _ 500003
4. The lnspector of porice, NTpc police station, peddapalli District.
5. one cc to SRr P.PRABHAKAR REDDy, Advocate. [opUC]
6. one cc to SRr N.BHUJANGA RAo,,.Deputy Qo[gilgr G,enerarof rndia, High court for the State of reranganiainvo6E6.;:ioptdr"""'"'vr ,rl,cr'
7. Two ccs to Gp FoR HOME, Hiqh court for the state of relangana at Hyderabad TOUTJ
8. Two CD Copies. BSK Lw
!1 ,t HIGH COURT DATED i0(i10212026
ORDER
WP.No.2'397 of 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS 1\ {K} 2"\'lzc' CC TODAY 2 1 ttB ?$?[ ir C) t & I I