CWP No. 19555 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 19555 of 2010 Date of decision August 2, 2011 Sahil Sood ....... Petitioner Versus Regional Passport Officer and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Vivek Salathia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Darshan Singh Bishnoi, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. Arvind Mittal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab with Mr. Navdeep Sukhna, DAG., Punjab for respondent Nos. 2 and 3. **** 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? K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. Reply on behalf of respondent No.1 is filed in Court. The same is taken on record. 2. The writ petition is for quashing the order/communication (Annexures P-4 and P-7) issued by the Passport Officer rejecting the application for passport on the ground that the order of probation issued while finding him guilty of some criminal offence was still current and it was not possible to issue a passport. Counsel for the CWP No. 19555 of 2010 2 petitioner contends that the period of probation was from 14.5.2009 to 14.5.2011 and the State has also recommended that there is no case pending against him and that it has no objection. Counsel for the Union states that having regard to the changed circumstances since the institution of the writ petition, if the police authorities recommend the case of the petitioner, they can process the application further. Counsel for the State submits that they have already recommended the case of the petitioner. 3. The Union shall duly consider the application of the petitioner for issuance of a passport in the light of the recommendation of the State and take appropriate decision for issuance of the passport within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE August 2, 2011 archana