IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.17412 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION: November 3, 2006 Rupinder Singh Malhi ….Petitioner VERSUS Union of India and another …..Respondents CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEY MITTAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. BHALLA PRESENT: Shri R.S.Bains, Advocate for the petitioner. Viney Mittal,J.(Oral). Notice of motion to the respondents. On the asking of Court, Shri Rampal, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of Shri Rajeev Sharma, Advocate, Standing Counsel for Union of India for the respondents. Copies of the writ petition have been supplied to the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner has approached this Court for issuance of directions to the respondents No.1 and 2 for issuance of passport to the petitioner. It has been claimed by the petitioner that all the formalities have been completed but still no action in the matter for issuance of the passport has been taken by the respondents. After taking into consideration the averments made in the present petition, we dispose of the present petition with a liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed and comprehensive representation CWP NO.17412 of 2006 -2- before the Regional Passport Officer, Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar, respondent No.2 within a period of four weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is received, by appending all the relevant documents. If any such representation is filed by the petitioner, then the Regional Passport Officer, respondent No.2 shall take a decision thereupon within a period of four months from the date of filing of the said representation, by passing a detailed and speaking order. A copy of the order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. (Viney Mittal) Judge November 3, 2006 (H.S. Bhalla) KD Judge