IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 11394 of 2008 ( O & M ) Date of decision: August 21, 2008 Vivek Sud --- Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. MS Kang, Advocate, for the petitioner Ashutosh Mohunta, J. CM No. 16058 of 2008 Application is allowed and annexure R1 is taken on record. CWP No. 11394 of 2008 Petitioner has prayed for issuance of a direction to the respondents to issue him a passport. He was earlier issued a passport, which had expired while he was in United States of America. He asked for extension/renewal of the passport, which was refused on the ground that he had no work permit. Subsequently the petitioner produced a work permit along with some other documents, upon which the passport was renewed for a period of one year. Learned counsel for Union of India submits that vide annexure R1, the respondents have decided to issue a passport to the petitioner within a reasonable time, say about ten days. In view of the fact that the respondents have decided to CWP No. 11394 of 2008 -2- issue a passport to the petitioner within approximately ten days' time, no further orders are required to be passed and the writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge August 21, 2008 `ask'