THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19134 of 2011 Dated: 13.07.2011 Between: Smt. Muneeba Iffath, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND Government of India, Rep., by its Secretary, New Delhi and another. .....RESPONDENT The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19134 of 2011 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the order dated 13.06.2011 passed by the 2nd respondent-Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad directing the petitioner to surrender her passport immediately on the ground of registration of Crime No.141 of 2011 on the file of the Banjarahills Police Station, Hyderabad against her. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Smt.S.Nanda, learned counsel appearing for the respondents and perused the material available on record including the counter affidavit filed by the 2nd respondent. The material placed before this Court shows that challenging the proceedings in Crime No.141 of 2001, the petitioner filed Criminal Petition No.2157 of 2011 and this Court by order dated 09.03.2011 granted interim stay of all further proceedings in Crime No.141 of 2011. The petitioner states that the said fact has already been brought to the notice of the 2nd respondent and the same has not been disputed before this Court by the learned counsel for the respondent. Having regard to the fact that the proceedings in Crime No.141 of 2011 have been stayed by this Court and the said fact has already been brought to the notice of the 2nd respondent, the impugned proceedings of the 2nd respondent dated 13.06.2011 are hereby set aside and the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 2nd respondent to pass appropriate orders taking into consideration the petitioner’s representation as well as the order passed by this Court in Criminal Petition No.2157 of 2011. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 13.07.2011 KLP