IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.20725 of 2008 Date of decision : 14-01-2009 Parminder Singh ....Petitioner VERSUS Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner. JASWANT SINGH, J. (Oral) By filing the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, Petitioner – Parminder Singh son of Surinder Singh, r/o Village Tibha, Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi, Distt. Kapurthala has prayed for directing the respondents to prepare and release his passport which is pending consideration before respondent No.2 – Regional Passport Authority, Jalandhar since March 2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has made many requests and also submitted a representation dated 20-11-2008 (Annexure P-4) before the respondent No.2 – Regional Passport Authority, Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that the petitioner would be satisfied if a direction is issued by this Court for deciding his representation dated 20-11-2008 (Annexure P-4) in accordance with law, within a specified time frame. CWP No.20725 of 2008 -2- Prayer on behalf of the petitioner is reasonable and fair and is therefore accepted. Thus, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Regional Passport Authority, Jalandhar to decide the said representation dated 20-11-2008 (Annexure P-4) within a period of two months from the receipt of certified copy of this order along with copy of the paper book. In case if it is found that the petitioner is not entitled for release/grant or renewal of his passport then the reasons for declining the same shall be communicated to the petitioner. Disposed of with the aforesaid directions. (JASWANT SINGH) January 14, 2009 JUDGE manju