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MII{EINY OT X}ilIRIt{AL AITf,AINS NOTIFICJf,ION NewDelhi. rhe 27th July, 2001 G.S.R576(EI- In exercise of the powers conferred. by. section 24 oi the Passports Act, !961 ( 15 of 196? ) , th€ Central Government' hereby makes tf,e' foltowlng rules further to amend the PEssport' Rul.es, 1980, namelY:- " l L. (1) These rules may be called the Passport (Amendment') Rules.:

2001.

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

2. In the Fassport Rules, 1980, in SCHEDULE f : - their ( i ) for serial number 3 following serial number and namely: - and entries relating entries shall be thereto, the aubstituted, tt3 "(a) Regional PassPort ( Regional PassPort 0f f icer 0ffice, Eelhi ) Delhr & the districts of 6$rgaon, Faridabad' Sonep'bt, Jha j jar & Rohtak in the Stat'e of Haryana.

(b)

(c)

(d) Asstt. PassPort Offrcer (RegionaI PassPort Office, Delhil PubIic ReLation Off rcer (Regional passport Office, Delhi) Super rntendent (RegionaI PassPort Office. Delhi ) Di.tto Ditto Ditto. " ( ii ) for serial number f oI l ow lng ser ial num'ber namely: - 4 and the entries relating and entries shalt hb thereto. the substittrteo, tt4.

(a) Regional PassPort (Regional PassPort Chandigarh ) The drstricts of Bhatinda ' Faridkot , tud.hiana , f ategarh Sahin , Ferozpur, Pat ia la, I'toga, l'lukat sa r, Mansa, Sangrur and RoPar in the .

State 0f Puniab, the drstricts of Ambala, Bh j"wani, !li:ssar, J ind, Karna).

Sirsa, Xa ithaL,Rewarl, Kurukshetra, Mohinciergarh, Panipat , Yamunanager , Panchkula and Fatehabad in the State of HarYana, all the clistrict of the stat€ of Hrntachai Pradesh and Union territorY of Chandrgarh.

Of f icer Off ice , TI{E GA2IETTE OF INDI.A : E(TMORDINARY it, rl

(iii) for sertnai number 5 and the entrles relat,rng thereto, the followrng serial number and entrres shall be substituted, namely;- qnll-lrqs

(b)

(c)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(b)

(c) :*=@: &IgItlRq Pub'l rc Relitron Off rcer (Regronal Passport Offrce, Chanorgarh) Superi ntendent (Regronal Passport Offrce, Chandrgarh) Dr tto Drtto. " :

The drEtricts of Chennai.

Chl ngel put( E ), Kanchi puram, Ve1 1o Thiruvennmalar, Erode, Coirnbatore( Urban ) . Coi mbatore( R ) Sa'lem( Urben ), $a'l em( R ), NamahKaj, tuddal ore , V i l 'l upuram, Oharmapur l tl'i 1gr rl s, Kara'r kkal , Tht ruva ) I ur the State of Tami liladu and Unl terrrtory of Pond?cherry.

Dr tto Dr tto Dttto. " :

entrres sh O t t. i'.;

Dr t,to Di tto The dlstrlcts of Pal Malappuram, Wayanad, HoEhtkooe, Kannaur.

r.asargoc of t-he staLe l.ier^ala" ":

(a) Regional Passport 0fficer, (Regional Passport Offrce, Chennar ) ( ivi for serial numbers 6( 1 ) and 6( i i ) and relating thereto, the fol low'ing seria) numbers and r€spectrvely be substituted, namely:- the entrl "6(i)

(a) Regional Passport offrcer, The d'istrtcts of Alappuzha, (Regional Passport Office, Kottayam, Idukki ,Thr1s$ur 'Cochin) Ernaltulam of the Stat9 of Kera and Union terrrtory of Lakshadweep.

Assistant Passport Officer, (Regional Passport Office, Chennar ) Pubi ic Relat'isn Off tcer, (Regronal Passport Office, Chennar ) Superi ntendent, ( Reg r ona'l Passport Of f i ce , Chennai ) Asslstant Passport offleer, ( Reg i onai Passport Of f t ce , cocli t n ) Publ tc Relatton Off rci:,-.

(Regional Passpcrt offrcer, Cochtn

(d) supertntendont, (Regional Passport Offtce' Cochln 6( i i ) .

Passport Offrcer, (PassPort Offtce' Kozhlkode ll*rSrlc.

(v) for seriaL numbers 7(A) and ?(B) and the entries relatlng thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall 'i?(n).(i) negronal Passport ( Regional Passport Mumba i ) ' -Inion territorY of Dadra &t8:ti::: frl;"l Haveri and Daman'and rhe diitricts of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, SirrdtrudurE, Aurangabad & tseed of the State of Maharashtrh

(b) Assistant Passport Officer, (Regional Passport Of f ice , fiirmLrai ) (c ) Prrblic Relation Of f icer, (ReEional Passport C,f f ice, Muntbai ) guperintendent, (Regional Passport 0ffice, Mumbai) (r1) I l.b) .

( a ) PassPort ( Passport 0fficer, Offrce, Nagpur) Ditto Ditto Ditto.

( b ) Assistant PassPort Offieer, ( Passport 0f f ice, llagpur ) The districts of Amravati Akola, Bhandara, Buldhana, ChadraPur. l,atur,Hingoli, Gadchiroli,Gondia, Ja Inl , Nagpur ( Urban ) , Nagpur ( Rural ), Nanded, 0smanabad, Parbhani, wasfi itn l.laydha,Yavat,mal of the State of Maharashtra and Bhilai Steel Flant.

Ditto Drtto Ditto.r';

(c) Publ ic Relation Of f ieer;

(Paisport Office, Nagpur) (d ) Strperintendent , ( Passport Office, NagPur )

(vi) for serial number 8(ii) and the entries the following serial number and entries shalL namely: - relating thereto, be substituted, i'g ("i i i (a ) Passport Passport 0fficer, Office, BareiIIY) ;

The district's of BareilIy, Budaun , Etah, Bi jnor,Horadabad,RamPur P i 1 ibhit , Shah j anhanpur , Ma inPuri , Firozabad and Jyotiba PhuIe Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradegh and the districts of Pithoragarh, Pouri Gafi$aI,A1mora,Champawat, Utt arkash i, TehriGarhwal, Baqeshwar Chamoli,Budra Prayag,Udham singh Nagar,Haridwar, Nainital and Dehradun in the State of Uttaranchal.

Public ReLation ( Passport 0ffice, Off rcer, Bareilly )

(b) Ditto qnll-gos ic) r{Itfr SI {-slIF[ : 'rffiIqRUI Super r ntendent.

(Passport, Offrce, Barer i 1y:

ivi j ) for sertai number foi l owr ng ser-r al number namely:- ! and the entr^'1es re'iat'1,"j9 anc errirles snaii oe t.ne reio . tne sucsi,," 1-"uLe0.

"g.

(a) Passp,o.rt Off icer, ( PassDOrt Off I ce' Hl',Jer^aoad ) Ass'i stant Passpcrt Of f l cer , ( PassporL Off t ce, HYoeraoad ) li":e c r stili cis or A.o i I abad , :

lr I -tsfiIa0fld. Medail , l",er'l mnagar, qarangal .l hamman. Ranga Redo-y, i"'lyderaoad, i'.urnoo1 , '.

Pubi i c ReJ att ot't (Passport Offrce, Super I ntendent, (Passport Offrce, MahaDuDnagar, Guntur, l rl s;hna',i Pari",asam, AnanLha0ur, Ne I'i cre IJa'i 3g966a, auociapna.,-h i t.LOr, Crf Andhra Pracesn.

nt ttO C.! *,.to Dr tlo. " U))

(c)

(d) off i cer, Hyoeraoad ) Hyoerabaci )

(viii) for sertal t,he rollowlng serta'l nanielv:- num0er 1 2 ano numb€r and tile enirt es enLrres snal I re i atr riq Lliereto,''.i oe suDst 1 tuteo, ,, 1D

(a)

(h)

(c) Passport Offt cer, i Passpot"t Of f t ce, BnoPal ) Pi.iol tc Re'latton Off tcer, (PassBort Offtce, BhoPal ) Super''l ntenoent, ( Passport Cf f t ce, Bhopa'i i The SLaEes of l'iaonva Praoesir &,:hnat1sgarh, i,t tio j\- - + - ^L/'lLL.U. .

(ix) for serial number 1'r arld Lne entrles the fo11ow-..tng serlal number ano entrles snai nameiy:- r€'t at I ng LltereLorl'i oe $uost I tutef,:

tr! r

(a)

(b)

(c)

(o) Passport Offrcer, (Passport Office, Patna) Asst$tanl Passpori Off lcer, ( Passport Off t ce, Patna ) Puoltc Relaf,ton Off icer.

(Passport Offtce. Palna I Superi ntenoent ' ( Passport Off t ce, Patna ;

The States of Blirar arlo Jhar'k.i-tano.

U'i Ei,C) ,'i Ito D'ltto. " :

'1 i't 5gr'1 &] number 10. f ;,^ I iem i I I ;rl]0 :iie e:'li'r'-' e:'1i'l Seflal numoef lO. iCt- rl exr i: I allo -,ie e:ri.'i 'cr:

tt, 1"r g *,her€tc, Lhg f ol I owt ng l ter,'l 3r'lc eili'1es silal I :s - --:------'1 {PassporL Off 1ce, Jammu,l :.&t:'rlla'3cda.Pa*iourl ' i'rr,arnour ''t:

--i ., :

^-i-A\-.^: the giate of iamlnr ", i asi-'nr: i1, /-rsst stant Passport af f r cer , il tt*i Ass I stant Passport C'f f (Passport offtce. -rammu ) itltuted, r,amelY:- .J*-*-p- -i+;Y-*- l-*-- ir.

PaSSpOft OffiCer, T[re C:SiriC-:] Cr -:aiiinl:, rc,:.nCn.

PubJ i c Rel aLl on Cf f t cer' , -ni t-Lc ( PassPort Off i ce , .! ammu i Supeflnt€r1dent, D1I,tc.' ;

(Passport Offtce, Jammu i r) :)

I 1) b) ) fo'^gto, the bSt i tuted , ger'l aJ rrumoer^s 18'uc :1 and lne erl t,'res re''i airng follor.rrng serral numoe!^ ano en:r'es srrall ce name',} y : - Passport, 0ff t cer, ( Passport of f t ce , J al aRdl'lar i Assl $tant Passport, Off ! c€r r ( FassporL Of f r ce ' Ja'iandhar ) Publrc Reiatlor-r Cff tc'er.

(Passport 0ffrce. Jalandhar ) Super l ntendellt, (Passport Offroe. ialandhal PassDort Off 1 cer.

(Passport Offrce, Ghaztabad) The crstrtcls cf Jalancnar.

i.: apU rtira I a , Anrr i tsar , Gurdaspu r . Nawanshalral, Hoshlarpuf 1n the Stals of Pu n.t ab .

lrtLo CIl tLo Drt,tc.

'ine drstrrct,s oi Agra, Mathura, Al 1 garn. Bu j ancsnat'lar Meerult, tlueaf f arnasar , Bagoat ' Saharanpu r- , Gila r 1 a,It'ad , H athras arrd GauLam Budh Nagar 1n tne State of Uttar Pradesh.

D r tt.o DrLto Ditro , Ass'r gtant, Passport Off r cer t (Passport Offrce, Gnaztabad) Puo'l rc Re'latton Off rcer.

(Passport Offrce, Ghaztabao) Super i ntendent, (Passport Offrce, Ghaziabad) Paseport Officer, The ctistrjcts of Pune,;.atara (Fassporr office, pune, Silyli::r"];.t,il,3t*ig^:?".

,nd l-1-rh a J'ashtra .

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(b)

(c)

(d) 111

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(c)

(d) 21 .

(ai tb) ( r:;

(o:

a Ass istant p$sspori. Of f i cer(Passpart Office, pune) Publ rc Relatlon Offrcer,(Passport Office, punei Superi nEendent, ( Passporr ,lf f i ce, pune ) . Dirto Dt tEo '.:

Di tto,.

Passpcrr iffIcer.

( Passpcrl Cffr ce. Tr-lane l The olstrtcts of f.,laS I h , Nav .l Murnba l Nanou rball n tne .l"1atlara6htra , DhuielJalg ,Rargad,T Slate of ).)

\el i D) Supeltntendent, { Passport Off r ce , Sr I nagar )

33.

ial .Eassport gffrcer, ( Passport Of f 'r ce, Trruchrrappailr) Puc tiC Pelai.ton 'jf f r<;gr, i Fassport ,jf f r ce, Tilane ) SrrCr€f 'l r'ltendenL, i Passport Orf r ce. Tnarle ) Passport Off tcer.

tPas$port Offrce, Srrnagar) Pu0l rc Re'l,atron 0f f.rcer" DrLtCI Dttt,o. " ;

The cj,rstricts of Sri.n Anantnag , Baramu I 'l a, FuKargr'l , Kupwara, LaddaF and Pulwama ln tho of Jammu & Ka$hrnlr.

Di rro The d'istrtct,s of Trrcny.Thani rvagapatt t hBm r Kanyakumar i, Rarnl ( Ramanat,hapuram t, rnr.uuaiui, ly9rll:rr?,,. $r vasansa.i,Madura T'l runelvEi r ,vr ruofrunds*' =,1.'

Fe rarnna'l ur , Tut.t cor 1 n ( Thootnuku l{arur,Dtncjugal and Thenl tn thiState of Tamr I Nadu Dt tto 0Ttte The o I strl ct,s of 0 i t,ro Dr t,to Fassport Office,Tr ruchrrappai I I ) (c I $uper'tntendent, Passport Office, Trruchrfappal I I ) ?4.

(aj Passport Offrcer, " Fasspor.t Of f i ce, Vr aaKhapat,nanr) (Uesfl, Godawa,ri t E*iii.i . $t"I hiqkriJ"am, V t Ztanagaram v'rsaknapatnam 1n the St,ate of AnOhra prade$

(b) Publrc Relat,10,.) bffrcer, ( Passport Of f r ee , V .l sakhapatnam ) Superintendent, Passport Of f r ce , v.l sat(hapatnam )

(c)

25.

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(b)

(c)

(d)

(c)

26.

(a)

(b) Di rector Gsneral, Inclia Taipei Associat:ion. Ta'rwan OEputy Di rsctor General , InO'ia Taipei Association, Tai'wan Ass i stant D'i rector , India Taipei Association, Tarwan Chief Secretary, Andaman Nicobar Aomi nistratron, Port Bl ar r.

Secretary(Passport), Andaman rq i cobar Admi n r stratr on , Port Bl ai r.

Deputy Commrssloner, Andaman District, PorL Blarr.

Assr stant E6cretary( Passports ), Ahdaman N i cobar Adm'in i strati on , Port Bl ar r.

Di rector, Passport and Vtsa Dtvtston, Minrstry of ExLernal Affarrs, New De'lhi.

Deput,y secretary, Passport, and Visa Divisron, Mr nr stry of Externa I Affat rs, New De]hi.

Under Secretary, Passpori and Visa Division, Mintstry of External Affar rs, New De]hi.

Section Off'rcer, Passport and Vrsa Divisron, Mrnistry of Externai Affatrs, New De'lh'i .

Ta r wan Or tto D1 tto Unroh terrrtory of Andarnan and Nrcobar Islands.

D r tt,o Dr tto 0r tto 0rtto o 1 tt,o Dr t,t,o Dt tto 41

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e) Consular: Off'rcer or Consular Agent,s The area wlt,hrn Lne 'rn t,he Indian Mlss'ron or Posts consuiar jurrsdlct'ron outs'lde Indla. of t,he Ind'ran M1ss10n or Posts concerned.

Jor nt Secretary ( Consu I ar \^lho ie of ino r a 'r n respect Passport Visa) ano Chtef of dlplomatrc, offrctal Passport. Offrcer and ordrnary passports.

I I l j .

1 I 1 .

ii :

i

2e.

(a) It]Fl u- ?o rfi{it ?fiI Il-aFH :

the tiAny ounsr 0ff,icgl' as may be oes'lgnateo bY the Gentral Government f rom time to time' Arsg ta be $Peclfteq hY Central 0overnment from to tlrn€.

[F.No. VIV/SS S, R'[AYAL,Jt.

Note:Theprincipalrulesnerepr&tistredintheGazetteoflndiaviderunber GSR691(E),datqJthellth and srrbsequenLly arnsn&d vidc :* ti) ssR so(E), sated 7.e.1981;

( ii ) GsR {69(E } , dated 2{.6,1982;

{ iii ) ssn 325(E} , dated 12,4.1983 i {iv) GsB 494(E), date{'15.6,1983;

(v) G$& 3{5{Ei , f,ated 29.3. L985;

(vi) ' GsR 860(E), dated 8-11.1985;

tvii) esR 857t8), dated 13'10-1.987;

(viii) GsR 84(g), dated LL.2,L988;

(ix) gsR 1155(E), dated 2L,!L.1988;

_ 1_-'{x) GSR 622(E}. dated z'7 ,7'.1990;

{xi) ' G$R 65s(E), dated 3-7.1990;

txii) GsR 1oo(E) , dated 4 ' 3. L99L;

(xiii) esR 275(Ei, d,ated 20'3.L99L;

' {xiv} , GsR 586(E}n d*teo 21.6.1991;

1xv) cSR L1t(E), dated 22.L.1992;

'txvi), GgR 584(s), dated 15.6'L992;

(xvii) GsR ?21(E), dated ?.8.1992;

, 't"Inr-iii1 '€sR 47?(E), datad 16,6.1993;

(xix) qsR 445,(E) , dated 1,: ?.19.93;

: ',(xx) lsn 503(E), daEQd lCI.'?,tr993;: nnd BrintodbyrheMantgc,Govt.of lndia Prsrs. l.ilrg Rqi'{ Mqyapun"NswDclhi'I10064' ' ' erd futtittrcO by lbo Conwltcr of 'Publictliqo, Dolhi"ll0054' I :ir ir;il (.

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