Dear all..
After a lot of waiting, I finally decided to apply for the details on non issuance of passport using
RTI.
Passport renewal applied on : Feb 2007
Fed up and gave
RTI appln on : 27th nov 2007 (waited for more than 9 months)
Received passport on : 6th Dec 2007 (
yes, received within 10 days of applying for info under RTI)
Some details on applying for info on
RTI:
- One can submit RTI applications for information on any of the central government agencies in (designated)post offices.
- In hyderabad, GPO in abids is a designated post office.
- One has to go to the first floor and submit the application there.
- The person will ask you to pay 10/- for which you get a receipt.
- You will be given an acknowledgement by the person accepting the application (they are extremely friendly). They even sent one more acknowledgement by post.
- Please note that post office is just forwarding the application. But this is very useful when dealing with passport office in hyderabad as you will have to wait in queues for hours before you can potentially get to the PIO there (nobody even talks to you there. I couldnt figure out where the PIO sits. It is just a guess that PRO accepts RTI applns. I wasted one full day trying to see how I can give RTI appln).
- So, post office is a boon. Just takes 20 mins.
Would like to say thanks to everybody on this forum who gave info and suggestions. I used the template given here for writing my appln.
I had seen many people (including senior citizens) waiting in front of passport office trying to meet some official who can give them info on their passports. Hopefully, they will get to know of
RTI, use it and get their passports.
[will share my experience on roads and streetlights using
RTI in another post]
ps: I am yet to receive the response from passport office on the reasons for delay.