C.W.P. No.4695 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.4695 of 2008 Date of decision:05.08.2009. Ravinder Singh Mahi ...Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr. O.P.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Renu Bala Sharma, Advocate, for the respondents. ***** JASBIR SINGH, J. (ORAL). By filing this writ petition, petitioner seeks that a writ of certiorari be issued, to quash order dated 18.10.2006 (P-10) passed by respondent No.2, denying issuance of passport to him, for a period of 5 years. Further prayer is to quash the order dated 03.10.2007 (P-14), dismissing his appeal. It is an admitted fact that a passport was issued to the petitioner, in the year 1998, by Passport Officer at Jalandhar. On that passport, he went to Canada and there he moved an application to get political asylum. He lost his passport and travelled, from Canada to India, on emergency certificate dated 22.12.2004 (P-1). When he moved an application for fresh passport, by taking note of above said fact of moving an application to get political asylum in Canada, passport was declined to him, vide impugned order dated 18.10.2006 (P-10). It was observed in the impugned order that, by showing his intention to get political asylum in Canada, the petitioner has acted against his declaration, filed earlier, with the passport office, when first passport C.W.P. No.4695 of 2008 -2- was issued to him. Upon notice, reply has been filed to support the impugned orders. Counsel for the parties heard. This Court feels that dispute in this case is squarely covered by ratio of the judgment of this Court in Sandeep Kumar Vs. Union of India and another, (AIR 2008, Punjab & Haryana, 135), wherein, while dealing with a similar controversy, this Court observed as under: - “Once it is clear that the petitioner had sought political asylum, while during his stay in Germany, he acted against the declaration, which has submitted by him at the time of his applying for the passport earlier that he owed allegiance to the sovereignty, unit and integrity of India. Therefore, the respondents were justified in placing his name on Prior Approval Category and denying him the passport facility for a period of five years from the date of deportation, i.e. up to 22.05.2011.” Same is the ratio of judgments in Harjit Singh Vs. Union of India and others, (AIR 2009, Punjab & Haryana, 1) and in Sukhvinder Singh Vs. Union of India and another, CWP No.11480 of 2007, decided on 04.08.2009. In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition fails and is dismissed. August 05, 2009. ( JASBIR SINGH ) vinod JUDGE