Lok Sabha Question No. 2813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Verification Report by Police
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2813 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## VERIFICATION REPORT BY POLICE

## 2813. SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there is any timeline for submission of report by local police and  other  agencies  involved  in  verification  of  address  and  other documents while issuing passport to applicants;
- (b)
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  number  of  applicants  kept  on  hold  due  to  delay  in  reports  from concerned verification agency during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) The desired timeline for completion of the Police Verification (PV) by  State/UT  Police  is  21days.    As  regards  verification  of  other  documents, there  is  no  timeline  for  completion  of  verification  of  other  documents. Generally, verification of other documents is done only for those documents which  are  not  found  satisfactory  by  the  Verification  Officer  (VO)/Granting Officer (GO) of the Central Passport Organisation. If any discrepancy or doubt is noticed in the veracity of the document, VO/GO sends the document(s) to the  originator  of  the  document  for  verification  and  confirmation  of  its genuineness.
- (d) As per the current System, only those applications are kept on hold for which  the  Passport  Issuing Authority  (PIA)  has  asked  for  some  more documents or for verification of the submitted documents from the originator. In such cases, action is taken by the PIA after receipt of verification/confirmation from the originator.

As  regards  police  verification  report,  the  applications  fall  under  three categories viz. (i) No-PV, (ii) Pre-PV and (iii) Post-PV. While No-PV and Post-PV applications  are  granted  immediately  if  found  to  be  satisfactory  in  all respects, the Pre-PV cases only await receipt of Police Verification Report for which  desired  timeline  is  21  days.  The  position  with  regard  to  police verification pending over 21 days during the last 3 years is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure

## 1. Police Verification Status for PV Reports Submitted to RPO (FY15-16 )

| RPO           | Opening Balance   | Number of PV initiated from RPO   | No. of PV approved by Police   | Closing Balance   | Police Pendency (> 21 days) as on 31Mar 2016   |   Average PV time in Days |   %age of PV completed within 21 days |
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad     | 29,634            | 4,74,050                          | 4,89,603                       | 14,081            | 592                                            |                        26 |                                    82 |
| Amritsar      | 8,540             | 1,15,632                          | 1,19,397                       | 4,775             | 240                                            |                        18 |                                    88 |
| Bareilly      | 10,941            | 1,29,905                          | 1,37,099                       | 3,747             | 187                                            |                        22 |                                    84 |
| Bengaluru     | 48,777            | 4,44,616                          | 4,54,288                       | 39,105            | 13,505                                         |                        27 |                                    50 |
| Bhopal        | 11,214            | 1,39,479                          | 1,43,193                       | 7,500             | 1,445                                          |                        23 |                                    69 |
| Bhubaneswar   | 17,635            | 97,725                            | 98,911                         | 16,449            | 12,197                                         |                        31 |                                    48 |
| Chandigarh    | 21,940            | 3,24,529                          | 3,28,998                       | 17,471            | 653                                            |                        17 |                                    88 |
| Chennai       | 19,347            | 3,00,775                          | 2,99,827                       | 20,295            | 5,323                                          |                        21 |                                    67 |
| Cochin        | 18,841            | 2,82,590                          | 2,89,481                       | 11,950            | 1,253                                          |                        21 |                                    77 |
| Coimbatore    | 7,311             | 1,16,552                          | 1,15,701                       | 8,162             | 2,231                                          |                        22 |                                    68 |
| Dehradun      | 6,341             | 71,447                            | 72,894                         | 4,894             | 2,185                                          |                        20 |                                    76 |
| Delhi         | 19,684            | 4,76,878                          | 4,77,832                       | 18,730            | 675                                            |                        15 |                                    93 |
| Ghaziabad     | 13,502            | 2,02,264                          | 2,07,933                       | 7,833             | 109                                            |                        21 |                                    80 |
| Goa           | 1,396             | 36,062                            | 35,903                         | 1,555             | 24                                             |                        12 |                                   100 |
| Guwahati      | 47,676            | 74,466                            | 75,538                         | 46,604            | 42,535                                         |                       144 |                                     6 |
| Hyderabad     | 17,069            | 3,53,609                          | 3,61,901                       | 8,777             | 87                                             |                         7 |                                    97 |
| Jaipur        | 12,747            | 2,84,889                          | 2,84,950                       | 12,686            | 349                                            |                        19 |                                    88 |
| Jalandhar     | 11,598            | 3,40,199                          | 3,42,199                       | 9,598             | -                                              |                        15 |                                   100 |
| Jammu         | 16,614            | 43,456                            | 41,799                         | 18,271            | 15,142                                         |                        71 |                                     2 |
| Kolkata       | 126424            | 4,96,639                          | 5,36,720                       | 86,343            | 63,164                                         |                        77 |                                    20 |
| Kozhikode     | 13,471            | 1,81,603                          | 1,82,692                       | 12,382            | 2,573                                          |                        25 |                                    60 |
| Lucknow       | 79,236            | 7,99,241                          | 8,54,291                       | 24,186            | 478                                            |                        29 |                                    77 |
| Madurai       | 15,841            | 2,05,232                          | 2,05,371                       | 15,702            | 4,479                                          |                        25 |                                    59 |
| Malappuram    | 17,823            | 1,35,914                          | 1,37,386                       | 16,351            | 7,627                                          |                        46 |                                     6 |
| Mumbai        | 25,324            | 3,05,801                          | 3,12,481                       | 18,644            | 6,243                                          |                        26 |                                    69 |
| Nagpur        | 15,670            | 1,00,407                          | 1,05,579                       | 10,498            | 5,237                                          |                        44 |                                    22 |
| Patna         | 59,609            | 2,92,141                          | 3,29,844                       | 21,906            | 11,038                                         |                        62 |                                    20 |
| Pune          | 42,395            | 2,46,393                          | 2,63,927                       | 24,861            | 12,641                                         |                        65 |                                    18 |
| Raipur        | 6,492             | 37,223                            | 36,645                         | 7,070             | 5,240                                          |                        46 |                                    34 |
| Ranchi        | 5,801             | 72,440                            | 73,807                         | 4,434             | 1,515                                          |                        32 |                                    30 |
| Shimla        | 5,983             | 39,134                            | 40,577                         | 4,540             | 2,652                                          |                        41 |                                    18 |
| Srinagar      | 28,907            | 73,288                            | 76,740                         | 25,455            | 20,808                                         |                       109 |                                     1 |
| Surat         | 6,025             | 1,39,033                          | 1,42,311                       | 2,747             | 8                                              |                        14 |                                    87 |
| Thane         | 52,459            | 2,69,942                          | 2,82,461                       | 39,940            | 24,962                                         |                        61 |                                     9 |
| Trichy        | 11,110            | 1,48,814                          | 1,43,533                       | 16,391            | 7,576                                          |                        29 |                                    50 |
| Trivandrum    | 8,097             | 1,42,498                          | 1,44,347                       | 6,248             | 740                                            |                        18 |                                    82 |
| Visakhapatnam | 6,728             | 3,92,424                          | 3,94,768                       | 4,384             | 329                                            |                        10 |                                    96 |
| Total         | 8,68,202          | 83,87,290                         | 86,40,927                      | 6,14,565          | 2,76,042                                       |                        32 |                                    64 |

## 2. Police Verification Status for PV Reports Submitted to RPO (FY14-15)

| RPO           | Opening Balance   | Number of PV initiated from RPO   | No. of PV approved by Police   | Closing Balance   | Police Pendency (> 21 days) as on 31Mar 2015   |   Average PV time in Days |   %age of PV completed within 21 days |
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad     | 22,880            | 3,73,088                          | 3,66,334                       | 29,634            | 8,054                                          |                        24 |                                    66 |
| Amritsar      | 7,587             | 97,041                            | 96,088                         | 8,540             | 2,405                                          |                        32 |                                    48 |
| Bangalore     | 30,348            | 4,50,464                          | 4,32,035                       | 48,777            | 13,489                                         |                        26 |                                    54 |
| Bareilly      | 10,954            | 1,22,023                          | 1,22,036                       | 10,941            | 3,328                                          |                        58 |                                    16 |
| Bhopal        | 18,225            | 1,41,005                          | 1,48,016                       | 11,214            | 3,372                                          |                        54 |                                    34 |
| Bhubaneswar   | 21,460            | 88,954                            | 92,779                         | 17,635            | 11,718                                         |                        73 |                                    11 |
| Chandigarh    | 20,662            | 3,71,452                          | 3,70,174                       | 21,940            | 965                                            |                        21 |                                    78 |
| Chennai       | 22,463            | 3,42,796                          | 3,45,912                       | 19,347            | 3,530                                          |                        21 |                                    73 |
| Cochin        | 12,236            | 2,68,350                          | 2,61,745                       | 18,841            | 2,953                                          |                        21 |                                    75 |
| Coimbatore    | 7,025             | 1,18,258                          | 1,17,972                       | 7,311             | 1,391                                          |                        25 |                                    71 |
| Dehradun      | 13,395            | 70,122                            | 77,176                         | 6,341             | 2,898                                          |                        48 |                                    42 |
| Delhi         | 23,883            | 4,23,824                          | 4,28,023                       | 19,684            | 215                                            |                        13 |                                    97 |
| Ghaziabad     | 15,358            | 1,69,495                          | 1,71,351                       | 13,502            | 3,483                                          |                        43 |                                    17 |
| Goa           | 2,204             | 33,703                            | 34,511                         | 1,396             | 19                                             |                        15 |                                    95 |
| Guwahati      | 48,149            | 58,502                            | 58,975                         | 47,676            | 44,024                                         |                       232 |                                     2 |
| Hyderabad     | 22,785            | 5,67,537                          | 5,73,253                       | 17,069            | 1,017                                          |                        16 |                                    84 |
| Jaipur        | 12,956            | 2,36,567                          | 2,36,776                       | 12,747            | 979                                            |                        19 |                                    88 |
| Jalandhar     | 8,711             | 2,00,860                          | 1,97,973                       | 11,598            |                                                |                        18 |                                    99 |
| Jammu         | 6,704             | 35,795                            | 25,885                         | 16,614            | 13,565                                         |                        87 |                                     2 |
| Kolkata       | 1,15,587          | 4,33,841                          | 4,23,004                       | 1,26,424          | 93,376                                         |                        88 |                                    17 |
| Kozhikode     | 15,448            | 1,80,565                          | 1,82,542                       | 13,471            | 3,761                                          |                        26 |                                    57 |
| Lucknow       | 90,496            | 6,45,876                          | 6,57,136                       | 79,236            | 35,670                                         |                        58 |                                    15 |
| Madurai       | 21,504            | 2,05,617                          | 2,11,280                       | 15,841            | 4,465                                          |                        30 |                                    52 |
| Malappuram    | 12,809            | 1,28,109                          | 1,23,095                       | 17,823            | 6,458                                          |                        32 |                                    24 |
| Mumbai        | 52,225            | 2,89,638                          | 3,16,539                       | 25,324            | 8,674                                          |                        60 |                                    28 |
| Nagpur        | 14,436            | 90,617                            | 89,383                         | 15,670            | 8,346                                          |                        60 |                                     6 |
| Patna         | 47,815            | 3,06,846                          | 2,95,052                       | 59,609            | 40,535                                         |                        76 |                                     9 |
| Pune          | 37,372            | 1,98,960                          | 1,93,937                       | 42,395            | 27,926                                         |                        66 |                                     8 |
| Raipur        | 6,778             | 31,477                            | 31,763                         | 6,492             | 4,469                                          |                        61 |                                    28 |
| Ranchi        | 5,446             | 66,341                            | 65,986                         | 5,801             | 2,137                                          |                        35 |                                    25 |
| Shimla        | 6,021             | 32,568                            | 32,606                         | 5,983             | 3,611                                          |                        56 |                                     1 |
| Srinagar      | 20,625            | 54,846                            | 46,564                         | 28,907            | 23,507                                         |                       135 |                                     1 |
| Surat         | 9,867             | 1,07,585                          | 1,11,427                       | 6,025             | 609                                            |                        38 |                                    59 |
| Thane         | 37,110            | 2,25,667                          | 2,10,318                       | 52,459            | 35,984                                         |                        65 |                                     3 |
| Trichy        | 19,783            | 1,73,466                          | 1,82,139                       | 11,110            | 3,182                                          |                        34 |                                    47 |
| Trivandrum    | 8,031             | 1,34,516                          | 1,34,450                       | 8,097             | 1,052                                          |                        20 |                                    78 |
| Visakhapatnam | 7,526             | 1,71,888                          | 1,72,686                       | 6,728             | 250                                            |                        16 |                                    81 |
| Total         | 8,56,864          | 76,48,259                         | 76,36,921                      | 8,68,202          | 4,21,417                                       |                        41 |                                    50 |

## 3. Police Verification Status for PV Reports Submitted to RPO (FY 13-14)

| RPO           | Opening Balance   | Number of PV initiated from RPO   | No. of PV approved by Police   | Closing Balance   | Police Pendency (> 21 days) as on 31 Mar 2014   |   Average PV time in Days |   %age of PV completed within 21 days |
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad     | 38,358            | 2,93,959                          | 3,09,437                       | 22,880            | 8,546                                           |                        35 |                                    45 |
| Amritsar      | 8,161             | 84,984                            | 85,558                         | 7,587             | 2,784                                           |                        33 |                                    41 |
| Bangalore     | 41,512            | 3,86,196                          | 3,97,360                       | 30,348            | 11,207                                          |                        37 |                                    47 |
| Bareilly      | 9,003             | 75,103                            | 73,152                         | 10,954            | 6,172                                           |                        42 |                                     9 |
| Bhopal        | 31,842            | 1,05,659                          | 1,19,276                       | 18,225            | 12,432                                          |                        82 |                                     7 |
| Bhubaneswar   | 32,597            | 79,301                            | 90,438                         | 21,460            | 15,953                                          |                       101 |                                     1 |
| Chandigarh    | 22,038            | 3,04,973                          | 3,06,349                       | 20,662            | 5,366                                           |                        23 |                                    69 |
| Chennai       | 25,344            | 3,21,461                          | 3,24,342                       | 22,463            | 8,469                                           |                        26 |                                    63 |
| Cochin        | 17,496            | 2,00,665                          | 2,05,925                       | 12,236            | 1,870                                           |                        22 |                                    70 |
| Coimbatore    | 14,648            | 94,701                            | 1,02,324                       | 7,025             | 2,487                                           |                        51 |                                    21 |
| Dehradun      | 13,127            | 52,533                            | 52,265                         | 13,395            | 9,611                                           |                        74 |                                     4 |
| Delhi         | 19,118            | 4,24,950                          | 4,20,185                       | 23,883            | 7,393                                           |                        16 |                                    93 |
| Ghaziabad     | 19,887            | 1,22,076                          | 1,26,605                       | 15,358            | 7,849                                           |                        41 |                                    12 |
| Goa           | 5,192             | 32,865                            | 35,853                         | 2,204             | 176                                             |                        45 |                                    41 |
| Guwahati      | 32,941            | 55,301                            | 40,093                         | 48,149            | 44,399                                          |                       199 |                                     3 |
| Hyderabad     | 20,520            | 498,197                           | 4,95,932                       | 22,785            | 4,459                                           |                        19 |                                    77 |
| Jaipur        | 22,766            | 1,93,384                          | 2,03,194                       | 12,956            | 2,045                                           |                        29 |                                    46 |
| Jalandhar     | 12,264            | 1,55,698                          | 1,59,251                       | 8,711             | 625                                             |                        24 |                                    82 |
| Jammu         | 10,077            | 25,885                            | 29,258                         | 6,704             | 5,014                                           |                       124 |                                     2 |
| Kolkata       | 1,23,170          | 3,28,539                          | 3,36,122                       | 1,15,587          | 94,521                                          |                       105 |                                    16 |
| Kozhikode     | 14,827            | 1,66,694                          | 1,66,073                       | 15,448            | 5,119                                           |                        28 |                                    46 |
| Lucknow       | 1,14,602          | 4,38,756                          | 4,62,862                       | 90,496            | 59,177                                          |                        71 |                                     6 |
| Madurai       | 30,655            | 1,87,573                          | 1,96,724                       | 21,504            | 10,271                                          |                        49 |                                    19 |
| Malappuram    | 17,381            | 1,63,555                          | 1,68,127                       | 12,809            | 2,081                                           |                        28 |                                    41 |
| Mumbai        | 67,480            | 2,75,129                          | 2,90,384                       | 52,225            | 35,378                                          |                        74 |                                     3 |
| Nagpur        | 12,678            | 76,210                            | 74,452                         | 14,436            | 9,771                                           |                        57 |                                     5 |
| Patna         | 28,991            | 2,07,734                          | 1,88,910                       | 47,815            | 30,794                                          |                        63 |                                     4 |
| Pune          | 43,082            | 1,80,330                          | 1,86,040                       | 37,372            | 26,247                                          |                        64 |                                     6 |
| Raipur        | 6,962             | 27,989                            | 28,173                         | 6,778             | 5,213                                           |                        68 |                                     9 |
| Ranchi        | 6,425             | 60,126                            | 61,105                         | 5,446             | 2,041                                           |                        38 |                                    32 |
| Shimla        | 3,618             | 29,022                            | 26,619                         | 6,021             | 3,961                                           |                        42 |                                     6 |
| Srinagar      | 21,073            | 52,233                            | 52,681                         | 20,625            | 16,456                                          |                       148 |                                     1 |
| Surat         | 10,241            | 1,15,619                          | 1,15,993                       | 9,867             | 3,974                                           |                        27 |                                    55 |
| Thane         | 46,565            | 1,92,181                          | 2,01,636                       | 37,110            | 24,372                                          |                        69 |                                     2 |
| Trichy        | 23,477            | 1,53,283                          | 1,56,977                       | 19,783            | 10,388                                          |                        55 |                                    10 |
| Trivandrum    | 9,618             | 1,27,557                          | 1,29,144                       | 8,031             | 1,585                                           |                        24 |                                    63 |
| Visakhapatnam | 2,253             | 1,24,318                          | 1,19,045                       | 7,526             | 3,216                                           |                        13 |                                    87 |
| Total         | 9,79,989          | 64,14,739                         | 65,37,864                      | 8,56,864          | 5,01,422                                        |                        47 |                                    39 |

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