IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.1626 of 2010 Decided on : 30.11.2010 Balwinder Kaur ... Petitioner versus Union of India & others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. R.S.Bains, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. A.S.Grewal, Addl. AG, Punjab. Mr. Karminder Singh, Advocate for respondents No.1 & 2. **** SURYA KANT, J. (1) The petitioner seeks a direction for issuance of passport to her pursuant to her application to the Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar. (2) Learned counsel for respondent No.2 submits that another passport office has been set up at Amritsar and the newly added respondent No.4, namely, The Passport Officer, Amritsar is the competent authority to issue passport to the petitioner. (3) It is further submitted that petitioner can be issued passport only on receipt of recommendations from the police department. (4) The State of Punjab has filed its reply and as per the averments made therein, there is no criminal case whatsoever pending against the petitioner and she is not barred for the issuance of the passport her name. (5) In view of the above mentioned categoric stand taken by the State of Punjab, the Passport Officer, Amritsar is directed to issue CWP No.1626 of 2010 -2- passport to the petitioner on completion of other requisite formalities by her, if so required, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. (6) Ordered accordingly. (7) Dasti. November 30, 2010 (SURYA KANT) sonia JUDGE