new delhi a delhi court granted friday a noobjection certificate for excongress mp rahul gandhi to get an ordinary passport with a validity of three years in lieu of the diplomatic passport that he surrendered following his march 26 disqualification from parliamentrahul had sought the courts noc for the issuance of an ordinary passport for 10 years as he is an accused in the national herald case filed by bjp veteran subramanian swamy in 2012the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate vaibhav mehta noted that rahul had been appearing for hearings either in person or through his counsel and never hampered or delayed the proceedingsthis court has to take into account the public interests involved and also has to keep in view the right of the applicant to travel abroad therefore this court after going through the submissions of both sides and after perusal of the records is of the view that the applicantaccused be granted an noc for renewal of passport per rules for a period of three years it saidthe court didnt give any specific reason for not acceding to rahuls plea for an noc to apply for a passport with a 10year validity