After bearing all those irritating long hours of staying alone at her hostel to receive the Passport, for which she had applied earlier, My sister desperately wanted to come home to spend time with us.The official stipulated due date of 45 days with in which the government is bound to issue the passport provided there are no hiccups in the application form and the required documents, has passed long back and my sister still din't receive the passport at her hostel, despite multiple inquiries for the status at the Passport office there was only one reply which she managed to get from the officials " It will arrive soon with in a week". Many such weeks have flied past, the online site also shows the same old status of "Police report not received". After all this mental tension and plying to and fro to the passport office and hostel in this scorching sun, and standing in those unending queues for long hours, there was only one way left in which I could solve her problem. RTI. My dad was a bit skeptic, as it was about to question the police department. But I said I can deal with it and there is enough room for me to hide my identity in gathering the information about the passport application in RTI, I talked to the Public Information Officer on phone, and said I would be sending an application with regard to RTI act 2005 including the nominal fee of Rs 10/- in the envelop and would send it with one of my friends to collect the receipt, he obliged. This is My first RTI application
To Dated: 15/4/2008The PIO, Md. Hamid Ali, Administrative Officer,
DPO Karimnagar. A.P 505001
Ph: 0878-2262260. Cell: 9989736863
Sub: Application under Right to Information Act 2005
I had made an application/return/petition/grievance for the following reason (copy of application is attached) but no satisfactory action has been taken on my application so far.
1) What is the maximum period with in which a passport applied directly and by Tatkal be in the applicants hands, provided the application meets all the requirements of the formal documents needed and verifications done.
2) From whom can the explanation be sought or any kind of action be taken for the delay in the issue of the Passport for no wrong reasons, Who is answerable for this?
3) Who is the authority concerned and His/Her phone numbers to contact, if a passport application given in Hyderabad which has its permanent residence verification to be done in Karimnagar, is delayed for close to 2 months and the status on website still shows "Police report not received" ? (My Passport Application Number is A023834)
4) Who maintains the Official website of the passport status inquiry in India, specifically for A.P,
5) What is the frequency with which the status of the passport application is revised in the Official Indian passport status inquiry website on internet?
6) Who is the person to contact in person and on phone for the inquiry of the status of passport application in Andhrapradesh, other than on the website?
7) How do one know at which stage is the processing of the Passport application or where did it get struck, if the website only shows the status as "police report is not received" for a long time?
Please provide the following information with respect to the same:
1. Please indicate the daily progress made on my application so far. i.e. when did my application reach which officer, for how long did it stay with that officer and what did he/she do during that period by sending the info to the Email Id mentioned below.
2. Please give the names and designations of the officials who were supposed to take action on my application and who have not done so?
3. What action would be taken against these officials for not doing their work and for causing harassment to the public? By when would that action be taken?
4. By when would my work be done now?
5. By when would vigilance inquiries be initiated in the above matter of out of turn disposal of applications if any?
Yours sincerely,
Mr.XYZ
Taruni working women’s hostel, Jublee Hills Road no 2, Hyderabad.
+919949444617
Mail Id: shilpa.sankeesa@gmail.com
(If you do not directly deal with this application or a part thereof, kindly forward it to the right PIO u/s 6(3) of RTI Act with intimation to me. You are required to do so within 5 days of receipt of this application, as per sec 6(3) of the Act)
Awating response from the officials ....
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