1 wp1119.10.sxw ssm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1119 OF 2010 Sulaiman Ali Khalid ....Petitioner. Vs. The Office of the Collector & Ors. ....Respondents. Mr. Rajesh P. Khobragade, for the Petitioner. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP for the State. CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 18th August, 2010 P.C.:- 1 Shri R.S. Chavan, API, Santacurz Police Station, is present in the Court and Mrs. Shinde, the learned APP, on instructions from him, states that the passport of the Petitioner which has been deposited with the said police station in 1996 is required to be searched and is not immediately traceable. It is further stated that if the Petitioner submits an application to the Senior Police Inspector Shri Madhukar Chaudhari of Santacruz police station on Monday, 23rd August, 2010, the passport shall be handed over to the Petitioner by 27th August, 2010. 2 So far as the prayer for granting citizenship is concerned, if the Petitioner submits a fresh application to the Collector, Thane within two 2 wp1119.10.sxw ssm weeks from today, we direct the said officer to process the petitioner’s application for citizenship under the Citizenship Act, 1955 as per the prevailing rules and forward the same to the appropriate authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, after due inquiry, as early as possible. 3 The Petition is disposed in terms of above directions. 4 Certified true copy of this order be issued on priority. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE, J.)