IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.80 OF 2010 Rajesh Ramesh Pusalkar .. Petitioner Vs. Union of India .. Respondents Mr. Anil R. Mishra for Petitioner Mr. N. R. Pramapati with Ms. Anjali Awasthi for Respondents CORAM : J. N. PATEL & A.P. BHANGALE, JJ DATE : 18th MARCH, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. By this Petition the Petitioner is seeking writ of mandamus against the Respondent in order to process the application bearing No. E-20341/05-06-2009-34959-Pool-I dated 5th June 2009 and to issue passport to the Petitioner. The Petitioner was already holding a passport since prior to 1982, which according to him expired and was not renewed despite the application for renewal and issuance of fresh passport. The Respondent instead had called upon the Petitioner by letter dated 7th October 2009 and the Petitioner was informed regarding pending Insolvency matter against him. 2. It is the case the of the Petitioner that he had already informed the Respondent that the Insolvency Petition No.18 of 2003 is already disposed of by Insolvency Registrar by order dated 3rd February 2010. Copy of the said order was also furnished by the Petitioner to the Respondents. Inspite of this, the Respondents did not process the application filed by the Petitioner for issuance of passport. Under these circumstances, we direct the Respondents to consider the said application which is pending with the Respondents in accordance with law so as to take a decision and communicate the order in this regard to the Petitioner within a period of 6 weeks, from the date of communication of this order. 3. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. ( J. N. Patel, J) (A.P. BHANGALE, J)