I had an existing valid passport issued from middle east which was due to expire in 7 months. The passport office refused to issue the passport under the Tatkaal scheme since, I am a Muslim and stay in Mumbra(a Muslim dominated Area).
I have an Indian passport issued from Muscat valid till 18/07/2010 and had to apply for reissue of passport under the Tatkaal Scheme but, this facility was denied to me.
The Thane Passport Office have their own rules for denial of passport under the Tatkaal Scheme. As per the information provided by the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs, CPV Division, Delhi the text of which is as below:
(B) The applicant also has the option to obtain a passport under Tatkaal Scheme on submission of three documents from the Fourteen documents as mentioned below, provided one of the three documents is a photo identity document and atleast one of the three is amongst the documents indicated at (a) to (i) and a standard affidavit (Annexure “I”) on non-judicial stamp paper duly attested by a Notary.
I had all the documents as required including Annexure 'I' but, still the refusal.
It took 35 days to reissue a new passport.
India boasts about sending Chandrayaan to Moon mission, what about the mission of the people in India. It takes months to move/issue a single document in lieu of existing one. If it's a totally new passport it might take years.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)