Appellate Authority under RTI Act 2005
Fees : Fee of
Rs.10/- (rupees ten only) to be paid either by cash at this office, or demand
draft or Indian Postal Order payable to Passport Officer, Shimla.
Particulars of organization, functions and
duties
Article 4(1) (b) (i) of the
Right to Information Act, 2005
Particulars of organization, functions and duties of the Passport Office, Shimla.
The Hierarchy at the Passport Office, Shimla includes 3 stages:
1. Passport Officer.
This office deals with the issuance of
passports to the citizen of 12 district of Himachal Pradesh
which are Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti,
Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Sirmour & Una.
Powers and Duties of the employees of the Passport Office, Shimla.
Article 4 (1) (b) (ii) of the Right to information
Act, 2005
Passport Officers have been designated as Heads of
Offices. For the smooth running of the offices, certain financial
powers have been delegated to them. The financial powers of
employees of Passport Office has been detailed in delegation of Financial Power
Rule, 1978 and subsequent orders issued in reference to the
delegation of Financial Power Rules. These powers may be seen at
Annexure of delegation of Financial rules and Passport Rules.
Other Powers of the officials of Passport Office are derived from
the Passport Act . This Act and rules is already on the MEA's
website www.mea.gov.in . The
Duties of the Officers and employees of this office flow from the
passport Act and Passport Rules website www.mea.gov.in.
Procedure Followed in the decision making process, including
channels of supervision and authority
Articles 4 (1) (b) (iii) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The Passport Office, Shimla follows the procedure
under the provision of Indian Passport Act, 1967 & Passport
Rules and the land mark directive instructions by Appex Court
for decision making in issuance of passport . The officers from the
superintendent to the Passport Officer level have been designated as
Passport Issuing Authority(PIA) for issuance of passport and
take decision /actions with the help of Assistants , UDCs, LDCs
posted in the section in accordance Passport Act, Passport Rules and
Ministry's instructions from time to time.
In other administrative matters, Dealing Assistant submits the
files to Superintendent who in
1. Fill in
the prescribed application (can be downloaded/available in this office) or can
also
Shri Rajesh Sharma, IFS
Passport Officer,
Railway Board Building
3rd Floor, The Mall
Shimla, HP-171003.
Tel No - 0177-2650070
Fax - 0177-2658328
E-mail -
rpo.shimla@mea.gov.in Appellate Authority
Central Public Information
Officer
Sh. A. Manickan
Joint Secretary (CPV) & Chief Passport Officer,
Room No. 20, Patiala House,
MEA, Tilak Marg,
New Delhi -110001
Fax no +91-11-23782821
E-mail :
grv.jscpv@mea.gov.in Shri
S.K Menon
Under Secretary (CPV-RTI)
Room No. 31, CPV Division
Patiala House Annexe,
Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001
Fax no +91-11-23782821
E-mail :
uscpvrti@mea.gov.in
How to Apply
?
submit in a plain paper giving your name, address, contact telephone
numbers (if any),
information sought, details of fee paid.
2. Applications can be submitted at this office (applicants should approach Public Information
Officer in this office) or can be sent by post at the above address.
2. Assistant Passport Officer
3. Superintendents.
Functions and duties
turn submits to Passport Officer.
If necessary, matter is referred to the CPV Division, Ministry of
External Affairs for
final approval. The office also follows the guidelines issued by other Departments,
particularly the Cabinet Secretariat http://www.mpa.nic.in, the Ministry of Parliamentary affairs
http://www.mpa.nic.in
and the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Home
Affairs(Rajbhasha).
http://persmin.nic.in
OFFICE ADDRESS
& CONTACT DETAILS
| OFFICE ADDRESS | |
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Passport Office Shimla, Railway Board Building 3rd Floor, The Mall, Shimla Himachal Pradesh-171003 |
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| FAX & PHONE NUMBERS | |
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: 0177-2658648 Phone Nos : 2658328, 2652395, 2808942 E-mail Id : rpo.shimla@mea.gov.in |
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| OFFICE TIMINGS (Monday to Friday):- 09.30 AM to 12.30 PM | |
For
submission of Application forms, from local area, Tatkal and all types of Re-Issue Cases, Online Registration and all type of help available at our office. |
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Officers List |
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| Passport Officer | Shri Rajesh Sharma, IFS |
| Assistant Passport Officer | Mr. K.K. Verma |
| Assistant Passport Officer | Miss VidyaVati Chauhan |
| Passport Granting Officer | Shri Randheer Singh Verma |
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