1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 1019 OF 2009 Kavita Paresh Shah ...Petitioner Versus Union of India & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. Anand Grover i/by Mr. Prakash Mahadik for the Petitioner Mr. Abad Ponda i/by M/s. Jay Legal Consultants for Respondent No. 5 Mr. D.P. Adsule, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE: AUGUST 20, 2009 P.C.:- The only grievance of the petitioner in this petition appeared to be that the Passport Officer has not decided her application seeking confiscation of a passport issued to respondent No. 5. 2 2. The petitioner and respondent No. 5 are spouses, and are involved in litigation, and this is one manifestation of such litigation. 3. It is for the Passport Officer to decide the application of the petitioner in terms of law. Since the passport has been issued by the Passport Officer, Bangalore, and an application has been moved before the Passport Officer, Bangalore, on 7th April, 2009, we dispose of the petition, directing the Passport Officer to decide the application in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.R. JOSHI, J.