Lok Sabha Question No. 3124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Ease of Obtaining Passport
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3124

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## EASE OF OBTAINING PASSPORT

## †3124.     SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is endeavouring to provide passports more easily after easing the passport issueing process;
- (b) if so, the details of manner in which the process has been eased;
- (c) the number of passport centres running in the country presently and the number of such centres approved for opening; and
- (d) the number of passport centres operational and proposed to be opened in District Headquarters of the country including Rajasthan and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Yes. 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 Portal (www.passportindia.gov.in) is accessible to anyone, anywhere and anytime. With a view to address the challenge of digital divide, especially   in   the   rural   hinterland,   the   Ministry   in   association   with   CSC   eGovernance   Services   India   Ltd.   (which   is   promoted   by   the   Department   of Electronics and IT), has facilitated online filing of passport applications, through the vast network of about 2.7 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) across rural hinterland.

Securing online appointments for submission of passport applications at Passport Seva Kendra (PSK)/ Post Office at Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) has been simplified.   The   current   provision   is   allowing   applicants   to   choose   any appointment  date   from   the   earliest   five   available   dates   (working   days)   for scheduling/ rescheduling an appointment for passport related services. Earlier, the System used to offer only one available date to the applicant for seeking appointment for passport related services.

The Ministry has expanded the outreach by opening PSK and POPSK as given in (c) and (d) below.

The passport rules have also been simplified to make it easier for the citizens to get passports. This is at Annexure-I .

Under the Passport Seva Project, a robust information system has been created to offer a bouquet of online passport services as follows:

- (i) Comprehensive information relating to passport application procedure, requirement   of   supporting   documents,   applicable   fees,   location   of Passport Offices, Passport Seva Kendras (PSK), Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK), police station jurisdiction, etc. is posted on the Portal to make it user-friendly. It is kept updated with Advisories/Notices and Press Releases   relating   to   Passport   services   developments.   Status   of applications can be tracked through the Passport Portal.
- (ii) An e-mail based helpdesk facility and a 24x7 National Call Centre has been set up to provide requisite information to citizens.
- (iii) The Passport Seva system sends four free of cost SMS to applicants - (i) at the time of dispatch of passport, (ii) in 'returned undelivered' passport cases, (iii) rejection of request for counter delivery cases and (iv) clear Police Verification (PV) report in pre-PV PCC cases or review of PV and clearance by the Passport Issuing Authority (PIA). In addition, a premium optional   SMS   Service,   on   nominal   payment   basis,   has   been   made available   to   enable   citizens   to   receive   alerts   and   updates   regarding detailed progress of their passport applications and pending actions. The service can be availed from any mobile phone.
- (iv) mPassport   Seva   mobile   app   provides   passport   related   information including PSK and POPSK locator, applicable fees, mode of submission and tracking of passport application status on smart phones.
- (v) For assistance, citizens can call toll-free helpline number 1800-258-1800.
- (vi) The Passport system has interface with the police for verification of personal particulars of applicants and with the India Post for tracking delivery of passports.

The online system and establishment of PSK/POPSK have facilitated better accountability, transparency and streamlining of passport service delivery. This has also helped in issuing error-free and more secure passports. The time taken in issuing passports has progressively decreased since the introduction of online application system, opening of PSK and POPSK and simplification of rules. The Passport Seva Project has won several awards and is seen as a model of people centric service, innovation and Public Private Partnership.

(c) & (d) 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.  The list is at Annexure-II .

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 & Maharashtra called 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendra' (POPSK). The list of these 251 POPSK is at Annexure-III . 162 POPSK are functional as on 8 March, 2018 ( Annexure-IV ).   The   Ministry intends to complete the requisite formalities for the operationalization of the remaining POPSK by 31 st  March, 2018.

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## Simplification of Passport Rules

In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy to ease the process of issue of passports. The details of these steps are given below:-

## A. Documents in support of proof of Date of Birth

As per the extant statutory provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the applicants born on or   after   26/01/1989,   in   order   to   get   a   passport,   had   to,   hitherto,   mandatorily   submit   the   Birth Certificate as the proof of Date of Birth (DOB). It has now been decided that all applicants of passports can submit any one of the following documents as the proof of DOB while submitting the passport application:

- (i) Birth   Certificate   (BC)   issued   by   the   Registrar   of   Births   &   Deaths   or   the   Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority whosoever has been empowered under the Registration of Birth & Deaths Act, 1969 to register the birth of a child born in India;
- (ii) Transfer/School leaving/Matriculation Certificate issued by the school last attended/recognized educational board containing the DOB of the applicant;
- (iii) PAN Card issued by the Income Tax Department with the DOB of applicant;
- (iv) Aadhaar Card/E-Aadhaar having the DOB of applicant;
- (v) Copy of the extract of the service record of the applicant (only in respect of Government servants)   or   the   Pay   Pension   Order   (in   respect   of   retired   Government   Servants),   duly attested/certified   by   the   officer/in-charge   of   the   Administration   of   the   concerned Ministry/Department of the applicant, having his DOB;
- (vi) Driving license issued by the Transport Department of concerned State Government, having the DOB of applicant;
- (vii) Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India having the DOB of applicant;
- (viii) Policy Bond issued by the Public Life Insurance Corporations/Companies having the DOB of the holder of the insurance policy.
- B. Other Changes:
- (i) The online passport application form now requires the applicant to provide the name of father or mother or legal guardian, i.e., only one parent and not both. This would enable single parents to apply for passports for their children and to also issue passports where the name of either the father or the mother is not required to be printed at the request of the applicant.
- (ii) The total number of Annexes prescribed in the Passport Rule, 1980, has been reduced to 9 from the present 15. Annexes A, C, D, E, J, and K have been removed and certain Annexes have been merged.

## ANNEXURE-I

- (iii) All the annexes that are required to be given by the applicants would be in the form of a self declaration   on   a   plain   paper.   No   attestation/swearing   by/   before   any   Notary/   Executive Magistrate/ First Class Judicial Magistrate would be henceforth necessary.
- (iv) Married applicants would not be required to provide the erstwhile Annexure K or any marriage certificate.
- (v) The passport application form does not require the applicant to provide the name of her/his spouse in case of separated or divorced persons. Such applicants for passports would not be required to provide even the Divorce Decree.
- (vi) In case of children not born out of wedlock, the applicant for the passport of such children should submit only extant Annexure C while submitting the passport application.
- (vii) In case of issue of passport to in-country domestically adopted children, submission of the registered adoption deed would no longer be required. In the absence of any deed to this effect, the passport applicant may give a declaration on a plain paper confirming the adoption.
- (viii)  Government servants, who are not able to obtain the Identity Certificate (extant Annexure-A)/ No-Objection Certificate (extant Annexure-G) from their concerned employer and intend to get the passport on urgent basis can now get the passport by submitting a self-declaration in extant Annexure-'H' that he/she has given prior Intimation Letter to his/her employer informing that he/she was applying for an ordinary passport to a Passport Issuing Authority.
- (ix) Sadhus/ Sanyasis can apply for a passport with the name of their spiritual Guru mentioned in the passport application in lieu of their biological parent(s) name(s) subject to their providing of at   least   one   public   document   such   as   Election   Photo   Identity   Card   (EPIC)   issued   by   the Election Commission of India, PAN card, Aadhaar Card, etc wherein the name of the Guru has been recorded against the column(s) for parent(s) name(s).
- (x) Orphaned children who do not have any proof of DOB such as Birth Certificate or the Matriculation Certificate or the declaratory Court order, may now submit a declaration given by the Head of the Orphanage/Child Care Home on their official letter head of the organization confirming the DOB of the applicant.
- (xi) An applicant for a passport has to submit any one of the documents as mentioned in (A) above as   proof   of   Date   of   Birth   (DOB)   while   submitting   the   passport   application.   The   DOB mentioned in the document would be recorded in the passport. In case there is a discrepancy between the DOB previously recorded in the passport and the new proof of DOB submitted by the applicant, the Passport Issuing Authorities (PIA) have been authorized to consider the explanation of each applicant seeking change in the DOB (irrespective of the period that would have lapsed after the issue of the passport) to find the genuineness of the claim and if the PIA is satisfied with the claim and with the document(s) submitted by the applicant in support of the claim, the PIA shall accept all such requests made by the applicant to issue the passport with revised DOB.
- (xii) Passports can be now obtained under the 'Tatkaal' Scheme without providing the Verification Certificate from a Gazetted Officer, which was required earlier. The documents to be submitted for getting a passport under this Scheme have been notified vide G.S.R. 39(E) dated 11 January, 2018.
- (xiii)  Passports can now also be obtained under the Normal scheme on out-of-turn post-Police Verification basis without paying any additional fees on the submission of certain documents as notified vide G.S.R. 39(E) dated 11 January, 2018.

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## ANNEXURE-II

## 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    |                   |            93 |                                                                                                                                                          |

*  RPO Guwahati covers  five other North-Eastern States also at present.
- **RPO Chandigarh covers parts of Punjab and Haryana.
- ***RPO Delhi covers parts of Haryana.
- @RPO Kolkata covers Sikkim and Tripura.

## ANNEXURE-III

## 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. 32. | Begusarai Buxar         | Bihar Bihar         | Patna Patna       |
| 33.     | East Champaran          | Bihar               |                   |
| 34.     | Gaya                    | Bihar               | Patna Patna       |
| 35.     |                         |                     | Patna             |
|         | Madhubani               | Bihar               |                   |
| 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              | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 48.     | Nehru Place             | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 49. 50. | Patparganj Yamuna Vihar | Delhi Delhi         | Delhi Delhi       |
| 51.     | Krishna Nagar           | Delhi               | Delhi Delhi       |
| 52.     | Lodhi Road              | 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 Shimla       |
| 81.       | Kullu               | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla              |
| 82.       | Mandi               | Himachal Pradesh    |                     |
| 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         | Jharkhand           | Ranchi              |
| 97.       | Mysuru              | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 98.       | Bellary             | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 99.       | Bidar               | Karnataka           | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 100.      | Gadag               | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 101.      | Raichur             | Karnataka           |                     |
| 102. 103. | Shivamogga Tumakuru | Karnataka Karnataka | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 104.      | Udupi               | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 105.      | Vijayapur           | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 106.      | Belagavi            | Karnataka           | Bengaluru           |
| 107.      | Devangere           | Karnataka           | Bengaluru Bengaluru |
| 108.      | Hassan              | Karnataka           |                     |
| 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. 135. | Ahmednagar Pandharpur    | Maharashtra Maharashtra | Pune Pune            |
| 136.      | Sangli                   | Maharashtra             | Pune                 |
| 137.      | Satara                   | Maharashtra             | Pune                 |
| 138.      | Beed                     | Maharastra              | Mumbai               |
| 139.      | Mumbai North Central     | 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                  | Maharastra              | Thane                |
| 150.      | Baghmara                 | Meghalaya               | Guwahati             |
| 151.      | Tura                     | Meghalaya               | Guwahati             |
| 152.      | Rourkela                 | Odisha                  | 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              | Tiruchirapalli       |
| 160.      | Tarn Taran               | Punjab                  | Amritsar             |
| 161.      | Patiala                  | Punjab                  | Chandigarh           |
| 162.      | Bathinda                 | Punjab                  | Chandigarh           |
| 163.      | Sangrur                  | Punjab                  | Chandigarh Jalandhar |
| 164. 165. | Gurdaspur Moga           | Punjab 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                   | Jaipur              |
| 185.      | Vellore                  | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai             |
| 186.      | Salem                    | Tamil Nadu                  | Coimbatore          |
| 187.      | Viluppuram               | Tamilnadu                   | Chennai             |
| 188.      | Namakkal                 | Tamilnadu                   | Coimbatore          |
| 189.      | Tiruppur                 | Tamilnadu                   | Coimbatore          |
| 190.      | Tiruvannamalai           | Tamilnadu                   | Chennai             |
| 191. 192. | Ramanathapuram Cuddalore | Tamilnadu Tamilnadu         | Maduai Madurai      |
| 193.      | Dindigul                 | Tamilnadu                   | Madurai             |
| 194.      | Sivaganga                | Tamilnadu                   | Madurai             |
| 195.      | Virudhunagar             | Tamilnadu                   | Madurai             |
|           |                          | Tamilnadu                   | Madurai             |
| 196. 197. | Kanyakumari (N)          | Tamilnadu                   | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 198.      | Perambalur Pudukkottai   | Tamilnadu                   | Tiruchirapalli      |
| 199.      | Mehbubnagar              | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 200.      | Warangal                 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 201.      | Adilabad                 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 202.      | Medak                    | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 203.      | Khammam                  | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 204.      | Siddipet                 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad           |
| 205.      | Nalgonda                 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad Bareilly  |
| 206.      | Bijnaur                  | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh |                     |
| 207.      | Pilibhit                 | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly            |
| 208. 209. | Moradabad Rampur         | Uttar Pradesh               | Bareilly Bareilly   |
|           |                          | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 210.      | Mathura                  |                             | Ghaziabad           |
| 211.      | Meerut                   | Uttar Pradesh               |                     |
| 212.      | Agra                     | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad Ghaziabad |
| 214.      |                          |                             |                     |
| 213.      | GautamBudh Nagar         | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 215.      | Aligarh Saharanpur       | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad           |
| 216.      | Allahabad                | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 217.      | Deoria Sultanpur         | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 218. 219. | Jhansi                   | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow             |
| 220.      | Ghazipur                 | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow Lucknow     |
| 221. 222. | Mirzapur Ayodhya/        | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow             |
| 223.      | Faizabad 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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## LIST OF FUNCTIONAL POPSK AS ON 8 TH  MARCH, 2018

| S.No.   | Locations         | State/UT            | Passport Office   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 1.      | Anantpur          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 2.      | Chittoor          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 3.      | Kadappa           | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 4.      | Kakinada          | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 5.      | Krishna-Gudivada  | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada        |
| 6.      | Kurnool           | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 7.      | Nellore           | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 8.      | Rajamundry        | Andhra Pradesh      | Vishakhapatnam    |
| 9.      | Dibrugarh         | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 10.     | Mangaldoi         | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 11.     | Silchar           | Assam               | Guwahati          |
| 12.     | Buxar             | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 13.     | Chhapra           | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 14.     | East Champaran    | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 15.     | Gaya              | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 16.     | Madhubani         | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 17.     | Munger            | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 18.     | Muzaffarpur       | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 19.     | Navada            | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 20.     | Purnea            | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 21.     | Bhagalpur         | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 22.     | Samastipur        | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 23.     | Siwan             | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 24.     | Bettiah           | Bihar               | Patna             |
| 25.     | Bilaspur          | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 26.     | Durg              | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 27.     | Rajnandgaon       | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 28.     | Surguja           | Chattisgarh         | Raipur            |
| 29.     | Silvasa           | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | Mumbai            |
| 30.     | Daman             | Daman               | Mumbai            |
| 31.     | Janak Puri        | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 32.     | Nehru Place       | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 33.     | Patparganj        | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 34.     | Yamuna Vihar      | Delhi               | Delhi             |
| 35.     | Anand             | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 36.     | Bharuch           | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 37.     | Dahod             | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 38.     | Jamnagar          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 39.     | Junagadh          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 40.     | Kheda             | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 41.     | Palanpur          | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 42.     | Bhuj              | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 43.     | Bhavnagar         | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 44.     | Mehsana           | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 45.     | Navsari           | Gujarat             | Surat             |
| 46.     | Valsad            | Gujarat             | Surat             |
| 47.     | Veraval           | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad         |
| 48.     | Karnal            | Haryana             | Chandigarh        |
| 49.     | Hisar             | Haryana             | Chandigarh        |
| 50. 51. | Panipat Faridabad | Haryana Haryana     | Chandigarh Delhi  |
| 52.     | Yamunanagar       | Haryana             | Chandigarh        |

## ANNEXURE-IV

| 53.       | Mandi                        | Himachal Pradesh       | Shimla                    |
|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
| 54.       | Palampur                     | Himachal Pradesh       | Shimla                    |
| 55.       | Hamirpur                     | Himachal Pradesh       | Shimla                    |
| 56.       | Kangra                       | Himachal Pradesh       | Shimla                    |
| 57.       | Kullu                        | Himachal Pradesh       | Shimla                    |
| 58.       | Una                          | Himachal Pradesh       | Shimla                    |
| 59.       | Anantnag                     | J&K                    | Srinagar                  |
| 60.       | Baramulla                    | J&K                    | Srinagar                  |
| 61.       | Kathua                       | J&K                    | Jammu                     |
| 62.       | Rajouri                      | J&K                    | Jammu                     |
| 63.       | Udhampur                     | Jammu &Kashmir         | Jammu                     |
| 64.       | Leh                          | Jammu &Kashmir         | Srinagar                  |
| 65.       | Bokaro                       | Jharkhand              | Ranchi                    |
| 66.       | Hazaribagh                   | Jharkhand              | Ranchi                    |
| 67.       | Jamshedpur                   | Jharkhand              | Ranchi                    |
| 68.       | Deoghar                      | Jharkhand              | Ranchi                    |
| 69.       | Dhanbad                      | Jharkhand              | Ranchi                    |
| 70.       | Dumka                        | Jharkhand              | Ranchi                    |
| 71.       | Belagavi                     | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 72.       | Bellary                      | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 73.       | Davangere                    | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 74.       | Gadag                        | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 75.       | Hassan                       | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 76.       | Mysuru                       | Karnataka              | Bangalore                 |
| 77.       | Shivamogga                   | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 78.       | Tumakuru                     | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 79.       | Udupi                        | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 80.       | Vijayapur                    | Karnataka              | Bengaluru                 |
| 81.       | Chengannur                   | Kerala                 | Cochin                    |
| 82.       | Idukki (Kattappana)          | Kerala                 | Cochin                    |
| 83.       | Pathanamthitta               | Kerala                 | Trivandrum                |
| 84.       | Kasargod                     | Kerala                 | Kozhikode                 |
| 85.       | Kavaratti                    | Lakshadweep            | Cochin                    |
| 86.       | Balaghat                     | Madhya Pradesh         | Bhopal                    |
| 87.       | Chhindwara                   | Madhya Pradesh         | Bhopal                    |
| 88.       | Dewas                        | Madhya Pradesh         | Bhopal                    |
| 89.       | Vidisha                      | Madhya Pradesh         | Bhopal                    |
| 90.       | Satna                        | Madhya Pradesh         | Bhopal                    |
| 91.       | Jabalpur                     | Madhya Pradesh Pradesh | Bhopal                    |
| 92.       | Gwalior Kolhapur             | Madhya Maharashtra     | Bhopal Pune               |
| 93.       | Aurangabad                   | Maharashtra            | Mumbai                    |
| 94.       |                              |                        |                           |
| 95.       | Ghatkopar/Vikhroli Chinchwad | Maharashtra            | Mumbai                    |
| 96.       | Pimpri                       | Maharashtra            | Pune                      |
| 97.       | Wardha                       | Maharashtra            | Nagpur                    |
| 98.       | Balasore                     | Odisha                 | Bhubaneshwar              |
| 99.       | Baripada                     | Odisha                 | Bhubaneshwar              |
| 100.      | Berhampur                    | Odisha                 | Bhubaneshwar              |
| 101. 102. | Bhawanipatna Rourkela        | Odisha Odisha          | Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneshwar |
| 103.      | Sambalpur                    | Odisha                 | Bhubaneshwar              |
| 104.      | Koraput                      | Odisha                 | Bhubaneshwar              |
| 105.      | Karaikal                     | Puducherry             | Tiruchirapalli            |
| 106.      | Bathinda                     | Punjab                 | Chandigarh                |
| 107.      | Moga Patiala                 | Punjab                 | Jalandhar Chandigarh      |
| 108.      |                              | Punjab                 |                           |
| 109.      | Ajmer                        | Rajasthan              | Jaipur                    |

| 110.   | Alwar                       | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
|--------|-----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
| 111.   | Barmer                      | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 112.   | Chittorgarh                 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 113.   | Churu                       | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 114.   | Karauli-Dhaulpur            | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 115.   | Kota                        | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 116.   | Bikaner                     | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 117.   | Hanumangarh                 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 118.   | Jhunjhunu                   | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 119.   | Jaisalmer                   | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 120.   | Jhalawar                    | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 121.   | Nagaur                      | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 122.   | Pali                        | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 123.   | Sriganganagar               | Rajasthan     | Jaipur         |
| 124.   | Cuddalore                   | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai        |
| 125.   | Kanyakumari                 | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai        |
| 126.   | Perambalur                  | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli |
| 127.   | Salem                       | Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore     |
| 128.   | Tiruvannamalai              | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai        |
| 129.   | Vellore                     | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai        |
| 130.   | Virudhunagar                | Tamil Nadu    | Madurai        |
| 131.   | Viluppuram                  | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai        |
| 132.   | Adilabad                    | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 133.   | Khammam                     | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 134.   | Medak                       | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 135.   | Mehbubnagar                 | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 136.   | Nalgonda                    | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 137.   | Siddipet                    | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 138.   | Warangal (Hanamkonda)       | Telangana     | Hyderabad      |
| 139.   | Agra                        | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
| 140.   | Ballia                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 141.   | Bijnaur                     | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
| 142.   | Jhansi                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 143.   | Moradabad                   | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
| 144.   | Pilibhit                    | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |
| 145.   | Ghazipur                    | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 146.   | Ayodhya/ Faizabad           | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 147.   | Allahabad                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 148.   | Deoria                      | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 149.   | Unnao                       | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 150.   | Meerut                      | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad      |
| 151.   | Sultanpur                   | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow        |
| 152.   | Almora                      | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun       |
| 153.   | Haldwani (now at Kathgodam) | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun       |
| 154.   | Nainital                    | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun       |
| 155.   | Roorkee                     | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun       |
| 156.   | Rudrapur                    | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun       |
| 157.   | Asansol                     | West Bengal   | Kolkata        |
| 158.   | Bardhman                    | West Bengal   | Kolkata        |
| 159.   | Raiganj (North Dinajpur)    | West Bengal   | Kolkata        |
| 160.   | Nadia (Krishnanagar)        | West Bengal   | Kolkata        |
| 162.   | Malda                       | West Bengal   |                |
|        |                             |               | Kolkata        |

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