Bedi had approached the high court seeking directions to the passport office to take a decision on her application for re-issuance of her passport. "What is your (passport authority) objection to re-issue her passport? At least spell out your stand.

File an affidavit in two weeks. This is the last chance we are giving you," a division bench of Justices V M Kanade and S C Gupte said. A lawyer appearing for the regional passport office today told the court that it had sought No Objection Certificates from Maharashtra, Delhi and Hyderabad police.