Telangana HC lets Hyderabad man, declared Pakistani, withdraw plea after he shows Indian passport

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday allowed 33-year-old Syed Ali Hussain Razvi from Yakuthpura to withdraw his writ appeal after he produced a copy of an alleged 2022 Indian passport, despite authorities denying its existence.

Razvi had challenged repeated domiciliary visits by Hyderabad Special Branch police, who deemed him a Pakistani national needing a long-term visa. A single-judge bench last month upheld the visits as routine compliance checks, not coercive action.

Authorities cited Razvi's affidavit admitting no passport application, his name (Imran Abid alias Imran Hussain) on his mother Gohar Fathima's Pakistani passport, and their 1994 entry into India post his claimed Karachi birth. Razvi insisted he was born and raised in Hyderabad, married to an Indian.

During the Division Bench hearing (Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin), counsel S Sridhar presented the passport. The Home Ministry reported no record of it. The bench questioned: "If he had a passport, why did he not show it to the police when they were making domiciliary visits? And even now, he can show it to them. So what is the great thing about pressing this (appeal)? If you show that passport to them and they are satisfied, the matter comes to an end. Everyday some new fact is unfolding. Yesterday, you showed a passport photocopy. Now they are saying there is no passport. You are showing a passport in a different name than what was mentioned in his mother’s passport. Do you expect us to enter into all that and make strictures, comments?"

Noting Razvi's July 2025 long-term visa application as a Pakistani (which counsel claimed was forced), the bench pressed on missing affidavit details. Counsel then sought withdrawal.

In its order, the court observed: "If that be so, the whole grievance of the petitioner relating to domiciliary visits in his house on expiry of long-term visa would be rendered futile as the petitioner could have easily produced the passport." Authorities may proceed as per law.