Lok Sabha Question No. 4206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Setting up of PSKs
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## SETTING UP OF PSKS

† 4206. SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is a plan to set up 250 Passport Seva Kendras across the country including Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan by the year 2018 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether police verification is required for issuance of passport under the Tatkal Scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said procedure becomes easier after verification of documents by Secretary level gazetted officer and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is very difficult   for   the   common   people   to   get   their documents verified by Secretary level officer in remote areas of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to facilitate the said procedure by allowing verification by local public representative like Member of Parliament for the convenience of people residing in remote areas of the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the steps taken to ensure access to passport services in remote and rural areas of the country including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD.)]

(a) At present, 93 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) are operating across the country   as   extended   arms   of   the   37   Passport   Offices   thus   providing extended reach to passport applicants. There is one PSK in Chattisgarh at Raipur.   There   are   four   PSK   in   Rajasthan   at   Jaipur,   Jodhpur,   Sikar   and Udaipur. The list of 93 PSK in the country is at Annexure-I.

The   Ministry   in   association   with   the   Department   of   Posts   has decided to open 251 Passport Seva Kendras at the Head Post Offices (HPO)/   Post   Offices   (PO)   in   the   country   including   in   Rajasthan   and Chhattisgarh called 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendra' (POPSK). The list of these 251 POPSK is at Annexure-II.

168   POPSK   are   functional   as   on   15   March,   2018.   The   list   of functional POPSK is at Annexure-III. There are four POPSK functional at Bilaspur, Durg, Rajnandgaon and Surguja in Chhattisgarh. There   are   fifteen   POPSK   functional   at   Ajmer,   Alwar,   Barmer, Chittorgarh,   Churu,   Karauli-Dholpur,   Kota,   Bikaner,   Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu,   Jaisalmer,   Jhalawar,   Nagaur,   Pali   and   Sriganganagar.   The Ministry   intends   to   complete   the   requisite   formalities   for   the operationalization of the remaining POPSK at Dungarpur and Banswada in Rajasthan by 31 March, 2018. (b) Under Tatkaal scheme, Police Verification is carried out after the issue of the passport. (c) to (e) Under the revised Tatkaal scheme announced by the Ministry, no Verification Certificate signed by any Gazetted Officer is required for issue of passport. (f) The Ministry has eased the passport issuing process and has made it an online procedure including getting appointments for submission of documents for passports. Effective technical infrastructure is in place to ensure that the Passport Seva system is available for access at all times from any location. The passport rules have also been simplified to make it easier for the citizens to get passports. Opening of POPSK is aimed at ensuring access to passport services in remote and rural areas of the country including in Rajasthan.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## STATE-WISE LIST OF PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS (PSKs)

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   No. of PSKs | Location of PSKs                                                                                                                                         |
|----------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |             4 | Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Bhimavaram                                                                                                          |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |             1 | Itanagar                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3.       | Assam*            |             1 | Guwahati                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4.       | Bihar             |             2 | Patna, Darbhanga                                                                                                                                         |
| 5.       | Chandigarh UT**   |             1 | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                               |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      |             1 | Raipur                                                                                                                                                   |
| 7.       | Delhi NCT***      |             3 | Herald House, Shalimar Place, Bhikaji Cama Place                                                                                                         |
| 8.       | Goa               |             1 | Panaji                                                                                                                                                   |
| 9.       | Gujarat           |             5 | Ahmedabad I& II, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat.                                                                                                                |
| 10.      | Haryana           |             2 | Ambala, Gurgaon.                                                                                                                                         |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  |             1 | Shimla                                                                                                                                                   |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir    |             2 | Jammu, Srinagar                                                                                                                                          |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         |             1 | Ranchi                                                                                                                                                   |
| 14.      | Karnataka         |             5 | Bangalore I &II, Hubli, Mangalore, Kalaburagi.                                                                                                           |
| 15.      | Kerala            |            13 | Thiruvananthapuram,Thiruvananthapuram (Rural), Kollam, Cochin, Ernakulam Rural, Alapuzha, Kottayam, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode I &II, Kannur I &II. |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    |             2 | Bhopal, Indore                                                                                                                                           |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       |             8 | Mumbai I, II &III, Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Nashik, Solapur.                                                                                                 |
| 18.      | Manipur           |             1 | Imphal                                                                                                                                                   |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         |             1 | Shillong                                                                                                                                                 |
| 20.      | Mizoram           |             1 | Aizawl                                                                                                                                                   |
| 21.      | Nagaland          |             1 | Dimapur                                                                                                                                                  |
| 22.      | Odisha            |             1 | Bhubaneswar                                                                                                                                              |
| 23.      | Puducherry        |             1 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                               |
| 24.      | Punjab            |             5 | Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar I &II, Hoshiarpur.                                                                                                         |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         |             4 | Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Udaipur                                                                                                                          |
| 26.      | Sikkim            |             1 | Gangtok                                                                                                                                                  |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        |             8 | Chennai I, II &III, Trichy, Thanjavur, Madurai,Tirunelveli, Coimbatore,                                                                                  |
| 28.      | Telangana         |             5 | Hyderabad I, II &III, Nizamabad, Karimnagar                                                                                                              |
| 29.      | Tripura           |             1 | Agartala                                                                                                                                                 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     |             6 | Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Ghaziabad.                                                                                               |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       |             1 | Dehradun                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32.      | West Bengal       |             3 | Kolkata, Berhampore, Siliguri.                                                                                                                           |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL             |            93 |                                                                                                                                                          |

- **RPO Chandigarh covers parts of Punjab and Haryana.

***RPO Delhi covers parts of Haryana.

@RPO Kolkata covers Sikkim and Tripura.

## ANNEXURE-II

## LIST OF 251 POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRA (POPSK)

|   S.No. | Locations              | State/UT            | Passport Office   |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Anantpur               | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       2 | Guntur                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       3 | Krishna                | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       4 | Ongole                 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       5 | Chitoor                | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
|       6 | Kakinada               | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       7 | Srikakulam             | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
|       8 | Kadappa                | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       9 | Kurnool                | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      10 | Nellore                | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      11 | Rajamundry             | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      12 | Changlang              | Arunachal Pradesh   | Guwahati          |
|      13 | Tirap                  | Arunachal Pradesh   | Guwahati          |
|      14 | Silchar                | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      15 | Dhubri                 | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      16 | Dibrugarh              | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      17 | Goalpara               | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      18 | Karbi Anglong          | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      19 | Kokrajhar              | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      20 | Mangaldoi              | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      21 | North Lakhimpur        | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      22 | Sonitpur               | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      23 | Tinsukia               | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      24 | Chhapra                | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      25 | Gopalganj              | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      26 | Muzaffarpur            | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      27 | Purnea                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      28 | Bhagalpur              | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      29 | Siwan                  | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      30 | Bettiah                | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      31 | Begusarai              | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      32 | Buxar                  | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      33 | East Champaran         | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      34 | Gaya                   | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      35 | Madhubani              | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      36 | Samastipur             | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      37 | Supaul                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      38 | Munger                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      39 | Navada                 | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      40 | Surguja                | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      41 | Durg                   | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      42 | Bilaspur               | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      43 | Rajnandgaon            | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      44 | Silvasa                | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | Mumbai            |
|      45 | Daman                  | Daman               | Mumbai            |
|      46 | North West DelhI       | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      47 | Janak Puri Nehru Place | Delhi               | Delhi Delhi       |
|      48 |                        | Delhi               |                   |

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| 49.     | Patparganj         | Delhi               | Delhi               |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 50.     | Yamuna Vihar       | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 51.     | Krishna Nagar      | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 52.     | Lodhi Road         | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 53.     | Saket              | Delhi               | Delhi               |
| 54.     | South Goa          | Goa                 | Panaji              |
| 55.     | Dahod              | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 56.     | Palanpur           | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 57.     | Mehsana            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 58.     | Bhuj               | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 59.     | Veraval            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 60.     | Anand              | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 61.     | Bharuch            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 62.     | Bhavnagar          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 63.     | Jamnagar           | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 64.     | Junagadh           | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 65.     | Kheda              | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad           |
| 66.     | Navsari            | Gujarat             | Surat               |
| 67.     | Valsad             | Gujarat             | Surat               |
| 68.     | Karnal             | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 69.     | Hisar              | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 70.     | Bhiwani            | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 71.     | Kaithal            | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 72.     | Panipat            | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 73.     | Yamunanagar        | Haryana             | Chandigarh          |
| 74.     | Faridabad          | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 75.     | Narnaul            | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 76.     | Rohtak             | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 77.     | Sonipat            | Haryana             | Delhi               |
| 78.     | Palampur           | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 79.     | Hamirpur           | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 80.     | Kangra             | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 81.     | Kullu              | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 82.     | Mandi              | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 83.     | Una                | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 84.     | Anantnag           | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 85.     | Baramulla          | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 86.     | Kathua             | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 87.     | Rajouri            | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 88.     | Udhampur           | Jammu &Kashmir      | Jammu               |
| 89.     | Leh                | Jammu &Kashmir      | Srinagar            |
| 90.     | Dhanbad            | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 91.     | Dumka              | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 92.     | Jamshedpur         | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 93.     | Deoghar            | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 94.     | Bokaro             | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 95.     | Hazaribagh         | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 96.     | Medininagar Mysuru | Jharkhand Karnataka | Ranchi Bengaluru    |
| 97. 98. | Bellary            | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 99.     | Bidar              | Karnataka           | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 100.    | Gadag              | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 101.    | Raichur            | Karnataka           |                     |

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| 102.      | Shivamogga           | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 103.      | Tumakuru             | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
| 104.      | Udupi                | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
| 105.      | Vijayapur            | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
| 106.      | Belagavi             | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
| 107.      | Devangere            | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
| 108.      | Hassan               | Karnataka            | Bengaluru             |
| 109.      | Chengannur           | Kerala               | Cochin                |
| 110.      | Idukki               | Kerala               | Cochin                |
| 111.      | Kasargod             | Kerala               | Kozhikode             |
| 112.      | Pathanamthitta       | Kerala               | Trivandrum            |
| 113.      | Kavaratti            | Lakshadweep          | Cochin                |
| 114.      | Vidisha              | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 115.      | Ratlam               | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 116.      | Shivpuri             | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 117.      | Jabalpur             | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 118.      | Gwalior              | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 119.      | Balaghat             | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 120.      | Chhindwara           | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 121.      | Dewas                | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 122.      | Damoh                | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 123.      | Hoshangabad          | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 124.      | Sehore               | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 125.      | Sidhi                | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 126.      | Ujjain               | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 127.      | Betul                | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 128.      | Shivni               | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 129.      | Satna                | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal                |
| 130.      | Sindhudurg           | Maharashtra          | Mumbai                |
| 131.      | Wardha               | Maharashtra          | Mumbai                |
| 132.      | Jalna                | Maharashtra          | Nagpur                |
| 133.      | Latur                | Maharashtra          | Nagpur                |
| 134.      | Ahmednagar           | Maharashtra          | Pune                  |
| 135.      | Pandharpur           | Maharashtra          | Pune                  |
| 136.      | Sangli               | Maharashtra          | Pune                  |
| 137.      | Satara               | Maharashtra          | Pune                  |
| 138.      | Beed Central         | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 139.      | Mumbai North         | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 140.      | Mumbai South Central | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 141.      | Ghatkopar            | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 142.      | Aurangabad           | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 143.      | Navi Mumbai          | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 144.      | Dombivali            | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 145.      | Panvel               | Maharastra           | Mumbai                |
| 146.      | Nanded (N)           | Maharastra           | Nagpur                |
| 147.      | Kolhapur             | Maharastra           | Pune                  |
| 148.      | Pimpri Chinchwad     | Maharastra           | Pune                  |
| 149.      | Jalgaon Baghmara     | Maharastra Meghalaya | Thane                 |
| 150.      | Tura                 | Meghalaya            | Guwahati              |
| 151. 152. | Rourkela             | Odisha               | Guwahati Bhubaneshwar |
| 153.      | Sambalpur            | Odisha               | Bhubaneshwar          |
| 154.      | Koraput              | Odisha               | Bhubaneshwar          |

|   155. | Balasore                 | Odisha               | Bhubaneshwar        |
|--------|--------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|    156 | Baripada                 | Odisha               | Bhubaneshwar        |
|    157 | Berhampur (Ganjam)       | Odisha               | Bhubaneshwar        |
|    158 | Bhawanipatna (Kalahandi) | Odisha               | Bhubaneshwar        |
|    159 | Karaikal                 | Puducherry           | Chennai             |
|    160 | Tarn Taran               | Punjab               | Amritsar            |
|    161 | Patiala                  | Punjab               | Chandigarh          |
|    162 | Bathinda                 | Punjab               | Chandigarh          |
|    163 | Sangrur                  | Punjab               | Chandigarh          |
|    164 | Gurdaspur                | Punjab               | Jalandhar           |
|    165 | Moga                     | Punjab               | Jalandhar           |
|    166 | SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar) | Punjab               | Jalandhar           |
|    167 | Phagwara                 | Punjab               | Jalandhar           |
|    168 | Kota                     | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    169 | Bikaner                  | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    170 | Barmer                   | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    171 | Jhunjhunu                | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    172 | Jaisalmer                | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    173 | Jhalawar                 | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    174 | Ajmer                    | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    175 | Churu                    | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    176 | Dungarpur                | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    177 | Hanumangarh              | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    178 | Karauli-Dhaulpur         | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    179 | Nagaur                   | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    180 | Sriganganagar            | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    181 | Alwar                    | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    182 | Chittorgarh              | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    183 | Banswada                 | Rajasthan            | Jaipur              |
|    184 | Pali                     | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | Jaipur              |
|    185 | Vellore                  |                      | Chennai             |
|    186 | Salem                    | Tamil Nadu           | Coimbatore          |
|    187 | Viluppuram               | Tamilnadu            | Chennai             |
|    188 | Namakkal                 | Tamilnadu            | Coimbatore          |
|    189 | Tiruppur                 | Tamilnadu            | Coimbatore          |
|    190 | Tiruvannamalai           | Tamilnadu            | Chennai             |
|    191 | Ramanathapuram           | Tamilnadu            | Maduai              |
|    192 | Cuddalore                | Tamilnadu            | Madurai             |
|    193 | Dindigul                 | Tamilnadu            | Madurai             |
|    194 | Sivaganga                | Tamilnadu            | Madurai             |
|    195 | Virudhunagar             | Tamilnadu            | Madurai             |
|    196 | Kanyakumari (N)          | Tamilnadu            | Madurai             |
|    197 | Perambalur               | Tamilnadu            | Tiruchirapalli      |
|    198 | Pudukkottai              | Tamilnadu            | Tiruchirapalli      |
|    199 | Mehbubnagar              | Telangana            | Hyderabad           |
|    200 | Warangal                 | Telangana            | Hyderabad           |
|    201 | Adilabad                 | Telangana            | Hyderabad           |
|    202 | Medak                    | Telangana            | Hyderabad           |
|    203 | Khammam Siddipet         | Telangana Telangana  | Hyderabad Hyderabad |
|    204 | Nalgonda                 |                      |                     |
|    205 |                          | Telangana            | Hyderabad           |

|   206. | Bijnaur                       | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|--------|-------------------------------|-----------------|------------|
|    207 | Pilibhit                      | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|    208 | Moradabad                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|    209 | Rampur                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly   |
|    210 | Mathura                       | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|    211 | Meerut                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|    212 | Agra                          | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|    213 | GautamBudh Nagar              | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|    214 | Aligarh                       | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|    215 | Saharanpur                    | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad  |
|    216 | Allahabad                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    217 | Deoria                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    218 | Sultanpur                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    219 | Jhansi                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    220 | Ghazipur                      | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    221 | Mirzapur                      | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    222 | Ayodhya/ Faizabad             | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    223 | Amethi                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    224 | Azamgarh                      | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    225 | Bahraich                      | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    226 | Ballia                        | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    227 | Balrampur                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    228 | Barabanki                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    229 | Basti                         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    230 | Gonda                         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    231 | Jaunpur                       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    232 | Kushi Nagar                   | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    233 | Mau                           | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    234 | Sitapur                       | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    235 | Pratapgarh                    | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    236 | RaeBareli                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    237 | Unnao                         | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    |
|    238 | Almora                        | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun   |
|    239 | Haldwani/Kathgodam            | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun   |
|    240 | Nainital                      | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun   |
|    241 | Pauri                         | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun   |
|    242 | Roorkee                       | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun   |
|    243 | Rudrapur                      | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun   |
|    244 | Nadia (Krishnanagar)          | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    245 | North Kolkata (Beadon Street) | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    246 | Asansol                       | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    247 | Raiganj                       | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    248 | Bardhman                      | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    249 | Barrackpore                   | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    250 | Darjeeling                    | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |
|    251 | Malda                         | West Bengal     | Kolkata    |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## LIST OF FUNCTIONAL POPSK AS ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2018

|   S.No. | Locations        | State/UT            | Passport Office   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Anantpur         | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       2 | Chittoor         | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       3 | Krishna-Gudivada | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
|       4 | Srikakulam       | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam     |
|       5 | Kadappa          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       6 | Kakinada         | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       7 | Kurnool          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       8 | Nellore          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|       9 | Rajamundry       | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
|      10 | Dibrugarh        | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      11 | Mangaldoi        | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      12 | Silchar          | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      13 | Sonitpur(Tezpur) | Assam               | Guwahati          |
|      14 | Buxar            | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      15 | Chhapra          | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      16 | East Champaran   | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      17 | Gaya             | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      18 | Madhubani        | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      19 | Munger           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      20 | Muzaffarpur      | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      21 | Navada           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      22 | Purnea           | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      23 | Bhagalpur        | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      24 | Samastipur       | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      25 | Siwan            | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      26 | Bettiah          | Bihar               | Patna             |
|      27 | Bilaspur         | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      28 | Durg             | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      29 | Rajnandgaon      | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      30 | Surguja          | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
|      31 | Silvasa          | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | Mumbai            |
|      32 | Daman            | Daman               | Mumbai            |
|      33 | Janak Puri       | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      34 | Nehru Place      | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      35 | Patparganj       | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      36 | Yamuna Vihar     | Delhi               | Delhi             |
|      37 | Anand            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      38 | Bharuch          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      39 | Dahod            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      40 | Jamnagar         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      41 | Junagadh         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      42 | Kheda            | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      43 | Palanpur         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      44 | Bhuj             | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      45 | Bhavnagar        | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      46 | Mehsana          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
|      47 | Veraval Navsari  | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad Surat   |
|      48 |                  | Gujarat             |                   |

|   49 | Valsad              | Gujarat          | Surat        |
|------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
|   50 | Karnal              | Haryana          | Chandigarh   |
|   51 | Hisar               | Haryana          | Chandigarh   |
|   52 | Panipat             | Haryana          | Chandigarh   |
|   53 | Yamunanagar         | Haryana          | Chandigarh   |
|   54 | Faridabad           | Haryana          | Delhi        |
|   55 | Mandi               | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       |
|   56 | Palampur            | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       |
|   57 | Hamirpur            | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       |
|   58 | Kangra              | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       |
|   59 | Kullu               | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       |
|   60 | Una                 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       |
|   61 | Kathua              | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu        |
|   62 | Rajouri             | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu        |
|   63 | Anantnag            | Jammu &Kashmir   | Srinagar     |
|   64 | Baramulla           | Jammu &Kashmir   | Srinagar     |
|   65 | Udhampur            | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu        |
|   66 | Leh                 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Srinagar     |
|   67 | Bokaro              | Jharkhand        | Ranchi       |
|   68 | Hazaribagh          | Jharkhand        | Ranchi       |
|   69 | Jamshedpur          | Jharkhand        | Ranchi       |
|   70 | Deoghar             | Jharkhand        | Ranchi       |
|   71 | Dhanbad             | Jharkhand        | Ranchi       |
|   72 | Dumka               | Jharkhand        | Ranchi       |
|   73 | Mysuru              | Karnataka        | Bangalore    |
|   74 | Belagavi            | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   75 | Bellary             | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   76 | Davangere           | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   77 | Gadag               | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   78 | Hassan              | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   79 | Shivamogga          | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   80 | Tumakuru            | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   81 | Udupi               | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   82 | Vijayapur           | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    |
|   83 | Chengannur          | Kerala           | Cochin       |
|   84 | Idukki (Kattappana) | Kerala           | Cochin       |
|   85 | Kasargod            | Kerala           | Kozhikode    |
|   86 | Pathanamthitta      | Kerala           | Trivandrum   |
|   87 | Kavaratti           | Lakshadweep      | Cochin       |
|   88 | Balaghat            | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   89 | Chhindwara          | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   90 | Dewas               | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   91 | Vidisha             | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   92 | Jabalpur            | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   93 | Gwalior             | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   94 | Satna               | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal       |
|   95 | Aurangabad          | Maharashtra      | Mumbai       |
|   96 | Ghatkopar/Vikhroli  | Maharashtra      | Mumbai       |
|   97 | Wardha              | Maharashtra      | Nagpur       |
|   98 | Kolhapur            | Maharashtra      | Pune         |
|   99 | Pimpri Chinchwad    | Maharashtra      | Pune Pune    |
|  100 | Sangli              | Maharashtra      |              |
|  101 | Balasore            | Odisha           | Bhubaneshwar |

|   102 | Baripada              | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar    |
|-------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|   103 | Berhampur             | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar    |
|   104 | Bhawanipatna          | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar    |
|   105 | Rourkela              | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar    |
|   106 | Sambalpur             | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar    |
|   107 | Koraput               | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar    |
|   108 | Karaikal              | Puducherry    | Tiruchirapalli  |
|   109 | Bathinda              | Punjab        | Chandigarh      |
|   110 | Patiala               | Punjab        | Chandigarh      |
|   111 | Moga                  | Punjab        | Jalandhar       |
|   112 | Ajmer                 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   113 | Alwar                 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   114 | Barmer                | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   115 | Chittorgarh           | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   116 | Churu                 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   117 | Karauli-Dhaulpur      | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   118 | Kota                  | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   119 | Bikaner               | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   120 | Hanumangarh           | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   121 | Jhunjhunu             | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   122 | Jaisalmer             | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   123 | Jhalawar              | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   124 | Nagaur                | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   125 | Pali                  | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   126 | Sriganganagar         | Rajasthan     | Jaipur          |
|   127 | Cuddalore             | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         |
|   128 | Tiruvannamalai        | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         |
|   129 | Vellore               | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         |
|   130 | Viluppuram            | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai         |
|   131 | Salem                 | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore      |
|   132 | Kanyakumari           | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         |
|   133 | Virudhunagar          | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai         |
|   134 | Perambalur            | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli  |
|   135 | Adilabad              | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   136 | Khammam               | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   137 | Medak                 | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   138 | Mehbubnagar           | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   139 | Nalgonda              | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   140 | Siddipet              | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   141 | Warangal (Hanamkonda) | Telangana     | Hyderabad       |
|   142 | Bijnaur               | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        |
|   143 | Moradabad             | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        |
|   144 | Pilibhit              | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly        |
|   145 | Agra                  | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad       |
|   146 | Meerut                | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad       |
|   147 | Ballia                | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow         |
|   148 | Jhansi                | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow         |
|   149 | Ghazipur              | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow         |
|   150 | Ayodhya/ Faizabad     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow         |
|   151 | Allahabad             | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow         |
|   152 | Azamgarh              | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Lucknow |
|   153 | Deoria                | Uttar Pradesh |                 |
|   154 | Unnao                 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow         |

|   155 | Pratapgarh                    | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|-------|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|   156 | Sultanpur                     | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow   |
|   157 | Almora                        | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  |
|   158 | Haldwani (Kathgodam)          | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  |
|   159 | Nainital                      | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  |
|   160 | Roorkee                       | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  |
|   161 | Rudrapur                      | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun  |
|   162 | Asansol                       | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |
|   163 | Bardhman                      | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |
|   164 | Raiganj (North Dinajpur)      | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |
|   165 | Nadia (Krishnanagar)          | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |
|   166 | North Kolkata (Beadon Street) | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |
|   167 | Malda                         | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |
|   168 | Barrackpore                   | West Bengal     | Kolkata   |

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