The Delhi High Court yesterday sought CBI’s response before July 8 on a retired government official’s plea. She is facing trial in a fake passport case along with gangster Chhota Rajan and is seeking quashing of criminal and corruption charges framed against her.

Lalitha Lakshmanan (62), who worked in a regional passport office at Bengaluru, sought quashing of the charges of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act framed against her by a trial court on June 8.