IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 6TH JULY 2011 / 15TH ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 18295 of 2011(J) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- A.K.MUNEER, S/O.A.M.KHALEED, AGED 40 YEARS, THENNAMACKAL, POOTHAKUZHY, KANJIRAPPALLY P.O., KOTTAYAM DIST. BY ADV. SRI.P.M.HABEEB RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE PASSPORT OFFICE, REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, KOCHI, ERNAKULAM-682 030. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- 695 001. R1 BY ADV. SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASG OF INDIA R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI.P.N.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss WP.(C) NO.18295/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS P1:- COPY OF THE CASH RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE IST RESPONDENT. P2:- COPY OF THE LETTER DTD. 1.7.2011 GIVEN TO THE IST RESPONDENT REQUESTING TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE. P3:- COPY OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS NIL:- TRUE COPY P.S. TO JUDGE tss ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ---------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 18295 OF 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of July, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioner applied for a passport. That was rejected by Ext.P1 order on the ground that in the application he suppressed the pendency of a criminal case. It is aggrieved by Ext.P1 order of rejection this writ petition is filed. 2. Admittedly, the petitioner is an accused in Crime No.4/2008 of Kanjirappally Police Station. Section 6(2)(f) of the Passport Act renders an accused in a criminal case ineligible to be issued passport. For that reason itself, the petitioner's application was liable to be rejected. Therefore Ext.P1 order does not call for any interference. 3. Be that as it may, as pointed out by this Court in Asok Kumar v. State of Kerala (2009 (2) KLT 712) it is open to the petitioner to make an application to the court where the case is pending and if the Magistrate grants permission, produce the same before the Passport Issuing Authority and seek reconsideration of the application. The Writ petition is disposed of as above. Sd/- ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE ul/- [true copy] P.S. to Judge