Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) has issued notices to
State Government, Police and Secretary, Union Home Affairs and
Regional Passport Officer (RPO) on a petition filed by Ajaz Ahmad War,
a journalist by profession, seeking direction to respondents to issue
passport to him.
A single bench of the High Court, comprising Justice Hussnain Masoodi
today directed the respondents to file objections with two weeks
against the petition.
Mr War, in the petition filed by his lawyer M. Aijaz today, alleged
that he has applied for an International passport on February 27, 2008
and deposited Rs 1000.
He said after the issuance of the passport was delayed abnormally he
made a representation to the Chief Minister who directed the
Additional Director General of police, CID, for immediate action as
per existing policy and also to intimate the action taken in the
matter.
The petition alleged that nothing happened in the matter as a
consequence thereof he approached different authorities and also asked
for a report under RTI Act.
The petition said that the CID department in its reply to Chief
Minister on January 9, this year alleged that Mr Aijaz was brother of
Hilal Ahmad War, Chairman of the Peoples Political Party (PPP) and
Jameel Ahmad War, a pro-freedom leader .CID department has written in
its reply that Jameel Ahmad War is the close associate of Syed Ali
Shah Gilani and Syed Salahuddin which is one of the reasons of the
denial of passport to Ajaz Ahmad War.
The department declared him a threat to security and warned that
separatists may use his visit for anti national activities.
However, the department said that he himself was not involved in any
anti national activities. Finally the Public Information Officer,
Police headquarter communicated to the petitioner through a letter
that as per the existing guidelines the issuance of passport to the
petitioner is denied.
However, the petitioner approached the First Appellate Authority by
virtue of a representation that in the light of the norms guidelines
issued by the Chief Minister that if a relation of an applicant is
involved in any anti-social or anti-national activity and the
applicant is not directly involved cannot be denied the passport.
The appellate Authority acceded to the request of the applicant and
communicated to IGP, CID, to consider my case for the issue of
passport.
However, the IGP CID declined to clear the name of the petitioner
for issuance of the passport.
Mr War prayed for direction to concerned authorities for issuance
of passport to him.
The notices were accepted by Additional Solicitor General of India on
behalf of secretary union home affairs and RPO, Srinagar and
Additional Advocate General for state government, IGP, CID and Senior
Superintendent of Police headquarters.
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