Telangana High Court
WP/37430/2025 of Edla Venugopal Rao Vs The Union of India on 5 January 2026
THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA (sp"": at,lHfl :ffi??[. iction ) MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRt JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION NO: 37430 OF 2025 about 48 Complex, [ 3300 I years, Occ. Barkatpura, Between: Edla
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tN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
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MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRt JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA
WRIT PETITION NO: 37430 OF 2025
about 48
Complex,
[ 3300 I
years, Occ.
Barkatpura,
Between:
Edla Venugopal Rao, S/o. Late. Edla Mallaiah, Aged Business, Fub.g+-497, F- 43, 4th floor, sai Sushma Hyderabad, T elangana-27 .
...PETITIONER
AND
1. The Union of lndia, Rep. by its Secretary Ministry of, External Affairs, Patiala House, Government of India, New Delhi.
2. The Reqiona! Passport Officer, Passport Office, Door No.8-2-2151o 219,
- Aaja;1iio prainahth Theatei, Kuminarguda, Secunderabad, Telangana-
500003.
3. Sri Radesh Pillai, Asst., Occ Manager-Risk operation, Americgn Express -' $ruffiilnOia tiinited,'Ryo Regus,-Level l, mild Town plaza, Road No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034'
4. Sri. Gopat Ramu, S/o Gangaram, Aged about 52 years, occ business, R/o " H.ttJ.+:g-997, teiturers colony Haydtn nagar, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana 501505.
RR 3 and 4 are impleaded as per c.o. dt..17.12.2025 in 1.A.. No.212025
...RESPONDENTS
petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction to declare the inaction of the respondents in issuing the Letter Reference No.OBJ/1052490725t25 dated 01112t2025, thereby made objection to renew the passport No.C5417850 to the Petitioner in pursuant to his application No.HyD0760O5gg6o25 dated 1t12t2025 on the ground of involved in criminal cases vide CC.No.431I2O2O on the file of the Honourable XXll Additional r Metropolitan Magistrate at Medchal, Cyberabad, now transfrerred to lX Addl'
Judicial tr4agistrate of 1st class at Medchal and cc.No.55/2017 on the file of the Honouratlle Xll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad against the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and violation of Principles of Natural Justice and against Article 14 and 21 of our lndian constitution and consequently to direct the respondents to renew the petitione/s passport No.C5417850 in pursuant to his appticatlon No.HYD076005896025 dated 1-12-2025 forthwith.
lA NO: 1 'OF 2025
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affide vit f iled in support oi the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent No.2 to renew the passport No.C5417850 in pursuant to his application No.HYD076005896025 dated 111212025 for a period of l0 years without reference to the criminal cases pending disposal of the writ petition lA NO: 1 t)F 2026
Pei.ition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affida/it filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to post the WP.No 37430 of 2025 under the caption of 'FOR BEING MENTION" before consider llon'ble Court to pass appropriate orders.
Counsel I'or the Petitioner: SRI P. CHANDRAKANTH
Counsel l'or the Respondents No I & 2: SMT NVR RArYA LAKSHMI, SC FOR CENTRAL GOVT
Counsel lor the Respondent No 3 & 4: --
The Court made the following: ORDER
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT ITTDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI Jt'STICE NAGTSH BHTTMAPAKA
os.oL.20.26
Between:
Edla Venugopal Rao
..Petitioner
trNFT
The Union of India,
Represented by its Secretarir,
Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi & another
...Respondents
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ORDER:
The Writ Petition is filed challenging the action of Respondent No.2 in not renewing the petitioner's passport uide File No.HYDO76OO5896O25, dated }L.L2.2O25 on the ground of pendency of criminal case.
2. Heard Sri P.Chasdrakanth, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt N.V.R.Rqiya Lakshmi, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government, for respondents. Perused the record. / I .
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3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that mere ar,,raignment of tl..e petitioner in a criminal case cannot be a ground for denial of passport. He relies on the judgment of tllis court in w.p.No.34165 of 2024, d,ated 05.12.2024.
4. Learrled Standing Counsel for the respondents submits that two criminal cases a,e pending against the petitioner uid.e c.c.No.43 L of 2o2o on the file of t]:e learned )oil Additional Metropolitern Magistrate at Medchar, cyberab-ad and c.c.No.Ss of 2oLT on ,:he file of learned xII Additional chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. tt is submitted that the respondent authorities would consider the petitioner,s application for a period of one year only, if he obtains permission to travel abroad from the court whert: the criminal cases are pending against him.
Be that as it may, considering the judgment of tl,e coordinate Bench of tlris court in w.p.No.24690 of 2o2s, dated os.og.2o2s, and the purpose for which the passport is being requested by the petitioner, r-his court directs the respondent No.2 to issue the passport to [he petitioner on the following conditions: i,r The petitioner herein shall submrt an undertakiag along with an aflidavit in c.c.No.43l of 2o2o, pending on the-file of learned Il( Additional Judicial Magistrate at Medchaf a,,a C.C.No.Ss of 2olz on the rrle of rearned kr Additional chief naetropolian Magistrate, Hy.derabad-, stating that he shatr aot leave rndta iuring pendency of the said c.c., without permission of the court and I NBKJ wP 37130 2025
that he shell cooperate wlth trlat Court ln coacludlag the procee,lings ln thc cald C.C; Ilf Oa 6lrng srrch arr utrdertaldag eB pell as affl&vlt, the trlal Court shall lssue a certlf,cd.copy of the same within two (21 weeks tberefrom; - iiil The petltioner heteh shell submit an appllcation afresh along wlth certllied copy of thls order as wetl as the aforesaid -rrndertaEng before the passport Oflicer / Authority coocerned for reaewlng thc passpott; ivf On l tag such an appHca6oa, the passport Officer/ Autbority shall corslder the same afi.*h ln the light of the obserrratioas madc b5r thts CoErt herela as well as the contents of the undertallng grvetr by the pefitloner for renerirg thc passport, ia accordance Eith taw, wlttrln three (OSf weeks from the date of said appllcatlon; vf Respondent No.2 shall corclder the passport Rules, 1967 while cotlddcrbg the appllcauoa for renewiag of the passport to the petltiorer; vil The conpetetrt euthorlty shall speci$ the permisslon period of otre year for the petldoaer to relew the passlrort for travelliag abroad, and also obtala appropriate undertaHng from the petitioner stathg that the petltloaer shall aot overstiy the permitted period aad shall sutrender the passport upoll return to India. viil Ary other coadltloa as deemed appropriate by the trial Court.
6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, f *y, pending in this Writ petition, shall stand closed. SD/. C. OEEPIKA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR Note: That the CC.No wrongly read at para No.s(i) in the order dated 05.01.2026 in W.P No.374il0 ot 2025 and the same has been corrected and substituted as "C.G No.4ill of 2020 on the file of the learned lX Additional Judicial Magistrate at Medchal and C.C No.55 of 2017 on the file of the learned Xll Additional Chief Metropolitan [iagistrate, Hyderabad". As per the ordeCs of Hon'ble Court dated 25.02.2026 in l.A NO.l ot 2026. This amended order shall substitute the earlier order which has already been dispatched on 24.02.2026. SD/. C. DEEPIKA SISTANT REGISTRAR /ffRUE COPY// To, 1 . The lX Additional Judicial Magistrate at Medchal SECTION OFFICER
2. T1e Xll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad
3. The Secretarv Ministry.of, External Affairs, Union of lndia, patiala House, Government 6t tnoia, ive* oetni.
4. The Regional passport_Officer, passport Office, Door No. g-2_215 to 21g. Adjacent to prashahth Theatei, Kumh;rgua;-, S;r;d;A-dl:i;t;ffi ;_ 5(t0003.
5. One CC to SRt. p. CHANDRAKANTH, Advocate [OpUC]
6. One CC to SRI. N BHUJANGA RAO Deputy Solicitor ceneral Of lndia, loPUcI
5. Onr: CC to SMT NVR RAJYA LAKSHM|, SC FOR CENTRAL GOVT [OPUC]
6. Two CD Copies DANw GJP
t HIGH COURT DATED:0510112026 25.02.2026 AMENDED ORDER WP.No.37430 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS \ "reK{' THE s 1I fiAfl 2W * * g