act 015 of 1967 : Passports Application (Facilitation and Processing) Rules, 2010

Passports Application (Facilitation and Processing) Rules, 2010

ACTNO. 15 OF 1967

04 April, 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (i) of sub-section (2) of Section 24 of the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely

Section 1. Short title and commencement

(1) These rules may be called the Passports Application (Facilitation and Processing) Rules, 2010.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Section 2. Definitions

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) Act means the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967);

2[(b) Passport Seva Laghu Kendra means a small passport application processing centre under the Passport Seva Project;]

(d) Passport Seva Project means the public private partnership model project to accept and process passport applications, issue of passport, maintain data thereto and all other works connected therewith;

3[(da) Post Office Passport Seva Kendra means a passport application processing centre within the premises of Post Offices under the Passport Seva Project;]

(e) Schedule means the Schedule annexed to these rules;

(f) Section means section of the Act;

(g) Service Provider means a person or entity which is awarded the contract for implementing a Passport Seva Project.

(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Act shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.

Section 3. Passport Seva Kendras

(1) The Passport Seva Kendras under the Passport Seva Project shall be set up by the Service Provider with the approval of the Central Government.

(2) The Passport Seva Kendra as specified in column (2) of Schedule I shall operate within the jurisdiction of the Passport Office shown against it in column (3) of the said Schedule.

Section 4. Passport Seva Laghu Kendras

4[The Passport Seva Laghu Kendras as specified in column (2) of Schedule II shall operate within the jurisdiction of the Passport Office shown against it in column (3) of the said Schedule.]

Section 5. Post Office-Passport Seva Kendras

5[The Post Office-Passport Seva Kendras as specified in column (2) of Schedule III shall operate within the jurisdiction of the Passport Offices shown against it in column (3) of the said Schedule.]

SCHEDULE I

[See sub-rule (2) of Rule 3]

Sl. No.	Passport Seva Kendras	Passport Office
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Ahmedabad-1	Ahmedabad
2.	Ahmedabad-2	Ahmedabad
3.	Vadodara (Baroda)	Ahmedabad
4.	Rajkot	Ahmedabad
5.	Amritsar	Amritsar
6.	Bangalore-1	Bangalore
7.	Bangalore-2	Bangalore
8.	Hubli-Dharwad	Bangalore
9.	Mangalore	Bangalore
10.	Bareilly	Bareilly
11.	Bhopal	Bhopal
12.	Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar
13.	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
14.	Ludhiana	Chandigarh
15.	Ambala	Chandigarh
16.	Chennai-1	Chennai
17.	Chennai-2	Chennai
18.	Chennai-3	Chennai
19.	Kochi	Kochi
20.	Thrissur	Kochi
21.	Alappuzha	Kochi
22.	Ernakulam (Rural)	Kochi
23.	Kottayam	Kochi
24.	Coimbatore	Coimbatore
25.	Dehradun	Dehradun
26.	Delhi-1	Delhi
27.	Delhi-2	Delhi
28.	Gurgaon	Delhi
29.	Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad
30.	Guwahati	Guwahati
31.	Hyderabad-1	Hyderabad
32.	Hyderabad-2	Hyderabad
33.	Hyderabad-3	Hyderabad
34.	Vijayawada	Hyderabad
35.	Nizamabad	Hyderabad
36.	Tirupathi	Hyderabad
37.	Jaipur	Jaipur
38.	Jodhpur	Jaipur
39.	Sikar	Jaipur
40.	Jalandhar-1	Jalandhar
41.	Jalandhar-2	Jalandhar
42.	Hoshiarpur	Jalandhar
43.	Jammu	Jammu
44.	Kolkata	Kolkata
45.	Bahrampur	Kolkata
46.	Kozhikode-1	Kozhikode
47.	Kozhikode-2	Kozhikode
48.	Kannur-1	Kozhikode
49.	Kannur-2	Kozhikode
50.	Lucknow	Lucknow
51.	Varanasi	Lucknow
52.	Kanpur	Lucknow
53.	Gorakhpur	Lucknow
54.	Madurai	Madurai
55.	Tirunelveli	Madurai
56.	Malappuram	Malappuram
57.	Mumbai-1	Mumbai
58.	Mumbai-2	Mumbai
59.	Mumbai-3	Mumbai
60.	Nagpur	Nagpur
61.	Panaji	Panaji
62.	Patna	Patna
63.	Pune	Pune
64.	Raipur	Raipur
65.	Ranchi	Ranchi
66.	Srinagar	Srinagar
67.	Surat	Surat
68.	Shimla	Shimla
69.	Thane	Thane
70.	Nashik	Thane
71.	Triuchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli
72.	Thanjavur-1	Tiruchirappalli
73.	Thanjavur-2	Tiruchirappalli
74.	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram
75.	Thiruvananthapuram (Rural)	Thiruvananthapuram
76.	Kollam	Thiruvananthapuram
77.	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam

6[SCHEDULE II

[See Rule 4]

Sl. No.	Passport Seva Laghu Kendras	Passport Office
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Aizawl	Guwahati
2.	Imphal	Guwahati
3.	Shillong	Guwahati
4.	Itanagar	Guwahati
5.	Dimapur	Guwahati
6.	Agartala	Kolkata
7.	Gangtok	Kolkata
8.	Kalaburagi	Bangalore
9.	Karimnagar	Hyderabad
10.	Puducherry	Chennai
11.	Bhimavaram	Visakhapatnam
12.	Darbhanga	Patna
13.	Indore	Bhopal
14.	Udaipur	Jaipur
15.	Solapur	Pune
16.	Siliguri	Kolkata.]

7[SCHEDULE III

[See Rule 5]

Sl. No.	Post Office-Passport Seva Kendras	Passport Office
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	Adilabad	Hyderabad
2	Agra	Ghaziabad
3	Ahmednagar	Pune
4	Ajmer	Jaipur
5	Aligarh	Ghaziabad
6	Allahabad	Lucknow
7	Almora	Dehradun
8	Alwar	Jaipur
9	Amethi	Lucknow
10	Anand	Ahmedabad
11	Anantnag	Srinagar
12	Anantpur	Vijayawada
13	Asansol	Kolkata
14	Aurangabad	Mumbai
15	Faizabad	Lucknow
16	Azamgarh	Lucknow
17	Baghmara	Guwahati
18	Bahraich	Lucknow
19	Balaghat	Bhopal
20	Balasore	Bhubaneshwar
21	Ballia	Lucknow
22	Balrampur	Lucknow
23	Banswada	Jaipur
24	Barabanki	Lucknow
25	Baramulla	Srinagar
26	Bardhman	Kolkata
27	Barrackpore	Kolkata
28	Basti	Lucknow
29	Bathinda	Chandigarh
30	Beed	Mumbai
31	Begusarai	Patna
32	Belagavi	Bengaluru
33	Bellary	Bangalore
34	Berhampur	Bhubaneshwar
35	Bettiah	Patna
36	Betul	Bhopal
37	Bhagalpur	Patna
38	Bharuch	Ahmedabad
39	Bhavnagar	Ahmedabad
40	Bhawanipatna	Bhubaneshwar
41	Bhiwani	Chandigarh
42	Bhuj	Ahmedabad
43	Bidar	Bangalore
44	Bijnaur	Bareilly
45	Bikaner	Jaipur
46	Bokaro	Ranchi
47	Buxar	Patna
48	Changlang	Guwahati
49	Chengannur	Cochin
50	Chhindwara	Bhopal
51	Chitoor	Visakhapatnam
52	Chittorgarh	Jaipur
53	Churu	Jaipur
54	Cuddalore	Madurai
55	Dahod	Ahmedabad
56	Daman	Mumbai
57	Darjeeling	Kolkata
58	Deoghar	Ranchi
59	Deoria	Lucknow
60	Devangere	Bengaluru
61	Dewas	Bhopal
62	Dhanbad	Ranchi
63	Dhubri	Guwahati
64	Dibrugarh	Guwahati
65	Dindigul	Madurai
66	Dombivali	Mumbai
67	Dungarpur	Jaipur
68	Durg	Raipur
69	East Champaran	Patna
70	Faridabad	Delhi
71	Gautam Budh Nagar	Ghaziabad
72	Gaya	Patna
73	Ghatkopar	Mumbai
74	Ghazipur	Lucknow
75	Goalpara	Guwahati
76	Gonda	Lucknow
77	Gopalganj	Patna
78	Guntur	Vijayawada
79	Gurdaspur	Jalandhar
80	Gwalior	Bhopal
81	Haldwani	Dehradun
82	Hamirpur	Shimla
83	Hanumangarh	Jaipur
84	Hassan	Bengaluru
85	Hazaribagh	Ranchi
86	Hisar	Chandigarh
87	Hoshangabad	Bhopal
88	Idukki	Cochin
89	Jabalpur	Bhopal
90	Jaisalmer	Jaipur
91	Jalgaon	Thane
92	Jalna	Nagpur
93	Jamnagar	Ahmedabad
94	Jamshedpur	Ranchi
95	Janak Puri	Delhi
96	Jaunpur	Lucknow
97	Jhalawar	Jaipur
98	Jhansi	Lucknow
99	Jhunjhunu	Jaipur
100	Junagadh	Ahmedabad
101	Kadappa	Vishakhapatnam
102	Kaithal	Chandigarh
103	Kangra	Shimla
104	Kanyakumari (N)	Madurai
105	Karaikal	Chennai
106	Karauli-Dhaulpur	Jaipur
107	Karbi Anglong	Guwahati
108	Karnal	Chandigarh
109	Kasargod	Kozhikode
110	Kathua	Srinagar
111	Kavaratti	Cochin
112	Khammam	Hyderabad
113	Kheda	Ahmedabad
114	Kokrajhar	Guwahati
115	Kolhapur	Pune
116	Koraput	Bhubaneshwar
117	Kota	Jaipur
118	Krishna	Vijayawada
119	Krishna Nagar	Delhi
120	Kurnool	Vishakhapatnam
121	Kushi Nagar	Lucknow
122	Latur	Nagpur
123	Leh	Srinagar
124	Lodhi Road	Delhi
125	Madhubani	Patna
126	Malda	Kolkata
127	Mandi	Shimla
128	Mangaldoi	Guwahati
129	Mathura	Ghaziabad
130	Mau	Lucknow
131	Medak	Hyderabad
132	Medininagar	Ranchi
133	Meerut	Ghaziabad
134	Mehbubnagar	Hyderabad
135	Moga	Jalandhar
136	Moradabad	Bareilly
137	Mumbai North Central	Mumbai
138	Mumbai South Central	Mumbai
139	Munger	Patna
140	Muzaffarpur	Patna
141	Mysuru	Bangalore
142	Nadia	Kolkata
143	Nagaur	Jaipur
144	Nainital	Dehradun
145	Nalgonda	Hyderabad
146	Namakkal	Coimbatore
147	Nanded (N)	Nagpur
148	Narnaul	Delhi
149	Navada	Patna
150	Navi Mumbai	Mumbai
151	Navsari	Surat
152	Nehru Place	Delhi
153	Nellore	Vishakhapatnam
154	North Kolkata (Beadon Street)	Kolkata
155	North Lakhimpur	Guwahati
156	North West Delhi	Delhi
157	Ongole	Vijayawada
158	Palampur	Shimla
159	Palanpur	Ahmedabad
160	Pali	Jaipur
161	Pandharpur	Pune
162	Panipat	Chandigarh
163	Panvel	Mumbai
164	Pathanamthitta	Trivandrum
165	Patiala	Chandigarh
166	Patparganj	Delhi
167	Pauri	Dehradun
168	Perambalur	Tiruchirapalli
169	Phagwara	Jalandhar
170	Pilibhit	Bareilly
171	Pimpri Chinchwad	Pune
172	Pratapgarh	Lucknow
173	Pudukkottai	Tiruchirapalli
174	Purnea	Patna
175	RaeBareli	Lucknow
176	Raichur	Bangalore
177	Raiganj	Kolkata
178	Rajamundry	Vishakhapatnam
179	Rajnandgaon	Raipur
180	Ramanathapuram	Maduai
181	Rampur	Bareilly
182	Rohtak	Delhi
183	Roorkee	Dehradun
184	Rourkela	Bhubaneshwar
185	Rudrapur	Dehradun
186	Saharanpur	Ghaziabad
187	Saket	Delhi
188	Salem	Coimbatore
189	Samastipur	Patna
190	Sambalpur	Bhubaneshwar
191	Sangli	Pune
192	Sangrur	Chandigarh
193	Satna	Bhopal
194	SBS Nagar (Nawan Shahar)	Jalandhar
195	Sehore	Bhopal
196	Shivamogga	Bangalore
197	Shivni	Bhopal
198	Siddipet	Hyderabad
199	Sidhi	Bhopal
200	Silchar	Guwahati
201	Silvasa	Mumbai
202	Sindhudurg	Mumbai
203	Sitapur	Lucknow
204	Sivaganga	Madurai
205	Siwan	Patna
206	Sonipat	Delhi
207	Sonitpur	Guwahati
208	South Goa	Panaji
209	Sriganganagar	Jaipur
210	Srikakulam	Visakhapatnam
211	Sultanpur	Lucknow
212	Supaul	Patna
213	Surguja	Raipur
214	Tarn Taran	Amritsar
215	Tinsukia	Guwahati
216	Tirap	Guwahati
217	Tiruppur	Coimbatore
218	Tumakuru	Bangalore
219	Tura	Guwahati
220	Udhampur	Jammu
221	Udupi	Bangalore
222	Ujjain	Bhopal
223	Una	Shimla
224	Unnao	Lucknow
225	Valsad	Surat
226	Vellore	Chennai
227	Veraval	Ahmedabad
228	Vidisha	Bhopal
229	Vijayapur	Bangalore
230	Viluppuram	Chennai
231	Virudhunagar	Madurai
232	Warangal	Hyderabad
233	Wardha	Mumbai
234	Yamuna Vihar	Delhi
235	Yamunanagar	Chandigarh.]

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