HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26545 of 2011 Date: 22.09.2011 Between: Raghupati Rangaswamy ..... Petitioner AND: The Government of India, reptd., by Its Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and two others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri K.G.Ravikanth Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2: Ms A.V.Vijayalakshmi For Sri Ponnam Ashok Goud, Assistant Solicitor General The Court made the following: ORDER: The simple grievance of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that even though he has made an application for issuance of passport on 09.12.2010, so far respondent No.2 has not considered and disposed of the same in accordance with law. At the hearing, learned counsel representing learned Assistant Solicitor General, appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2, submitted that respondent No.2 will take expeditious steps to dispose of the petitioner’s application in accordance with law. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application for issuance of passport, if already received, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.32752 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd September 2011 DR