Lok Sabha Question No. 345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-22
Subject: Submission of Fake Documents for obtaining Passports
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, P.P. CHAUDHARY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.345

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2015

SUBMISSION OF FAKE DOCUMENTS FOR OBTAINING PASSPORTS

†345.  	SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

1. whether the Government is aware that cases of producing fake documents for issuing passports/Tatkal passports are increasing;
2. if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
3. the State-wise number of police reports registered during the last three years;
4. whether the Government is aware of the forgery taking place in verification of 'Tatkal Passport'; and
5. if so, the measures likely to be taken to permanently prevent such  incidents?

#### ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

[GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) 	The Government is aware of incidences of producing fake documents for issuing passports/tatkal passports. In majority of these cases, the requisite Verification Certificates for obtaining “Tatkal passports” were found to be fake. In other cases, forged birth certificates/residence proof/consent affidavits by parents of minor applicants have also been produced.

(b) & (c )  	The state-wise  list of number of police reports registered duing the last three years is  enclosed (Annexure – A)

(d) & (e) 	The Government is aware of the forgery taking place in cases of Verification Certificates for obtaining “Tatkal passports”. In these cases, the Verification Certificates are usually sent to the issuing authorities for confirmation. In case, the Verification Certificate is found to be fake, the passport is impounded/ revoked as appropriate. In cases of serious nature, the matter is reported to the police authorities for further investigation.

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**ANNEXURE - A**

**STATEWISE NUMBER OF POLICE CASES REGISTERED BY PASSPORT OFFICES IN CASES OF SUBMISSION OF FAKE DOCUMENTS FOR PASSPORT FACILITIES**

| **Name of the States**   | **Name of Passport Office and Number of police cases registered during the last three years**  **( 2012 to 2014)**   | **Total**   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Andhra Pradesh           | PO Vishakhapatnam - 1                                                                                                | **1**       |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | RPO Guwahati – Nil                                                                                                   | **Nil**     |
| Assam                    |                                                                                                                      |             |
| Manipur                  |                                                                                                                      |             |
| Meghalaya                |                                                                                                                      |             |
| Mizoram                  |                                                                                                                      |             |
| Nagaland                 |                                                                                                                      |             |
| Bihar                    | RPO Patna – Nil                                                                                                      | **Nil**     |
| Chhattisgarh             | RPO Raipur – Nil                                                                                                     | **Nil**     |
| Delhi                    | RPO Delhi – 62                                                                                                       | **62**      |
| Goa                      | PO Panaji – 1                                                                                                        | **1**       |
| Gujarat                  | RPO Ahmadabad – Nil                                                                                                  | **Nil**     |
| Gujarat                  | PO Surat – Nil                                                                                                       |             |
| Himachal Pradesh         | PO Shimla – Nil                                                                                                      | **Nil**     |
| Jammu & Kashmir          | PO Jammu – 7                                                                                                         | **7**       |
| Jammu & Kashmir          | PO Srinagar – Nil                                                                                                    |             |
| Jharkhand                | RPO Ranchi – Nil                                                                                                     | **Nil**     |
| Karnataka                | RPO Bangalore – 174                                                                                                  | **174**     |
| Kerala                   | RPO Cochin – 6                                                                                                       | **6**       |
| Kerala                   | PO Kozhikode- Nil                                                                                                    |             |
| Kerala                   | PO Trivandrum – Nil                                                                                                  |             |
| Kerala                   | PO Malappuram – Nil                                                                                                  |             |
| Madhya Pradesh           | RPO Bhopal – Nil                                                                                                     | **Nil**     |
| Maharashtra              | RPO Mumbai – 1                                                                                                       | **1**       |
| Maharashtra              | PO Thane – Nil                                                                                                       |             |
| Maharashtra              | PO Pune – Nil                                                                                                        |             |
| Maharashtra              | PO Nagpur – Nil                                                                                                      |             |
| Odisha                   | RPO Bhubaneswar – Nil                                                                                                | **Nil**     |
| Punjab & Haryana         | RPO Amritsar – Nil                                                                                                   | **231**     |
| Punjab & Haryana         | RPO Chandigarh – 4                                                                                                   |             |
| Punjab & Haryana         | PO  Jalandhar - 227                                                                                                  |             |
| Rajasthan                | RPO Jaipur – 7                                                                                                       | **7**       |
| Sikkim                   | RPO Kolkata – Nil                                                                                                    | **Nil**     |
| Tripura                  |                                                                                                                      |             |
| Tamil Nadu               | RPO Chennai - 25                                                                                                     | **242**     |
| Tamil Nadu               | PO Coimbatore – Nil                                                                                                  |             |
| Tamil Nadu               | PO Madurai – 201                                                                                                     |             |
| Tamil Nadu               | PO Trichy – 16                                                                                                       |             |
| Telangana                | RPO Hyderabad – 30                                                                                                   | **30**      |
| Uttar Pradesh            | RPO Ghaziabad – 1                                                                                                    | **1**       |
| Uttar Pradesh            | RPO Lucknow – Nil                                                                                                    | **Nil**     |
| Uttar Pradesh            | RPO Bareilly – Nil                                                                                                   | **Nil**     |
| Uttarakhand              | RPO Dehradun – Nil                                                                                                   | **Nil**     |
| West Bengal              | RPO Kolkata - 9                                                                                                      | **9**       |

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