IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 10TH NOVEMBER 2011 / 19TH KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 35835 of 2007(N) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- SHAMEER UMMERKUTTY HAJIKAKATH, AGED 33, S/O.BASHEER UMMERKUTTY HAJIKAKATH, NISHA HOUSE, PALAPARAMBA (PO), MARIKUNNU, KOZHIKODE DIST. BY ADV. SRI.C.D.JOHNEY SMT.MEREENA JOSEPH JOSEPH RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER, REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, KOZHIKODE. ADV. SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR FOR R1 SMT.JISHAMOL CLEETUS, CGC FOR R1 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 10/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss W.P.(C) NO.35835/2007 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS P1:- COPY OF THE PASSPORT ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE RESPONDENT DTD. 13.11.1992. P2:- COPY OF THE EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE IMPOUND SLIP. P3:- COPY OF THE PASS PORT ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE RESPONDENT . P4:- COPY OF THE CASH RECEIPT. P5:- COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS NIL:- TRUE COPY P.A. TO JUDGE tss S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No.35835 of 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 10th day of November, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the holder of Ext.P1 passport. On the strength of the said passport, he went to Sharjah. His sponsor at Sharjah refused to release the passport to the petitioner. Therefore the petitioner came back to India on the strength of emergency certificate No.597310, which was impounded on his arrival in India as is evident from Ext.P2. The petitioner applied for and was issued with Ext.P3 passport. The petitioner went to Sharjah on the strength of Ext.P3. But on his return to India on 21.07.2007 he was arrested for offences relating to obtaining a fresh passport while the earlier passport was subsisting and released on bail. The petitioner has now submitted an application for renewal of Ext.P1 passport as is evident from Ext.P4 receipt. No action followed on the representation. The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking a direction W.P.(C)No.35835 of 2007 -2- to the respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 in accordance with law, expeditiously. Having heard the Central Government Counsel appearing for the respondent also, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE //True copy// P.A. TO JUDGE shg/