IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6744 of 2010. [O&M] Date of Decision: 1st July, 2010. Iqbal Singh Petitioner through Mr. Ranjit Saini, Advocate Versus Union of India & Ors. Respondents through Mr. D.S.Bishnoi, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? SURYA KANT, J. [ORAL] In this Civil Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks production of the judgment and records of the case FIR No. 26 dated 11.07.1999, under Sections 323/326/324/148/149 IPC registered against the petitioner at Police Station, Mukerian, District Hoshiarpur, and thereafter quash the FIR so as to enable him to get the Passport issued. Notice of motion was issued and in response thereto, the respondents have filed their counter-affidavit/reply. The matter arising out of the impugned FIR was compromised in the Lok Adalat held on 20.12.2002 at Dasuya in the presence of an Hon'ble Judge of the High Court. Unfortunately, the records of the Lok Adalat are not traceable, due to which it is not known as to whether the FIR was quashed or the offence was compounded. The fact remains that the petitioner stood exonerated of the criminal charges/proceedings w.e.f. 20.12.2002. The petitioner has applied for issuance of the Passport which is not being issued to him by the Regional Passport Officer, Jalandhar on the plea that the police authorities have not given a categoric report regarding acquittal of the petitioner in the afore- stated case nor the order passed by the Lok Adalat has been produced. As noticed above, the petitioner is unable to produce the order passed by the Lok Adalat as the Copying Agency of the Courts at Dasuya has failed to issue the certified copy with the remarks that “the file in question is not consigned to the judicial record room”. In this peculiar situation, when the petitioner's passport has been withheld for want of a categoric report, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this petition with a direction to the learned District & Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur, as well as to the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dasuya, to trace out the available records so as to ascertain that the matter was actually compromised on 20.12.2002. Based upon that available record, let the SDJM, Dasuya, issue a Certificate to the petitioner that in terms of the compromise between the parties and consequential order dated 20.12.2002 passed by the Lok Adalat, the petitioner is no longer facing trial in the afore-mentioned criminal case. The Certificate shall be issued to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The Passport Officer, Jalandhar is directed to act on the basis of the Certificate to be issued by the SDJM, Dasuya and to accept the same as a proof of the exoneration of the petitioner from the criminal charges and accordingly consider his request for issuance of the Passport within a period of one month. Disposed of. Dasti. July 01, 2010. ( SURYA KANT ) dinesh JUDGE