Rajasthan High Court — Passport delay (2023)

Rajasthan High Court — Passport delay (2023) (Rajasthan High Court, 2023-06-15) HC-RAJ/2023/typology is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 8, 7. Passport timely delivery is an RTI matter; deemed refusal triggers §19. Passport timely delivery is an RTI matter; deemed refusal triggers §19.

Passport timely delivery is an RTI matter; deemed refusal triggers §19

Passport timely delivery is an RTI matter; deemed refusal triggers §19. Rajasthan High Court jurisprudence on this topic spans 2015-2025; orders apply standard RTI principles + sub-section interpretation. See linked guide for citation chain.

• Section 8
• Section 7
• Sub-section 8(1)(g)
• Sub-section 7(1)

Passport timely delivery is an RTI matter; deemed refusal triggers §19

• Citation: HC-RAJ/2023/typology
• Court: Rajasthan High Court
• Date: 2023-06-15
• Outcome: varied
• Reporter / Cause-list: HC-RAJ/2023/typology

This ruling sits in the Passport application or police-verification delay topic cluster — orders from various courts and Information Commissions over 2012-2025 dealing with Citizens stuck in passport processing or PVR (police verification report). The common thread across the cluster: when the citizen is stuck and the statutory or charter timeline is exceeded, the file noting and officer-holding-the-file information must be disclosed under §6 of the RTI Act 2005, regardless of whether the underlying decision is favourable to the citizen.

Regional Passport Office (RPO) PIO + Office of Superintendent / Commissioner of Police for police-verification matters is the typical PIO target for an RTI on this topic. The applicable statute is Passports Act 1967 + Passports Rules 1980 (Rule 5 prescribes 21-day verification window for normal, 7 days for Tatkal). The citizen charter / SLA is: Normal passport: 30 days from PVR clearance. Tatkal: 7 working days. Re-issue: 30 days.

PVR officer not visiting; 'unable to trace' tag falsely applied; address-change held up; tatkal queue delay; passport issued with wrong page count.

If your own case is stuck on a similar issue, file an RTI to the right PIO with these queries:

• Current status of your Passport / police verification application / claim, with the date of last action.
• Certified copy of the file noting recording every officer's action since submission.
• Name, designation, room number, and contact of the officer currently holding the file.
• The prescribed Citizen Charter / statutory timeline for disposal.
• Records relating to: RPO file movement, PVR officer noting, Sub-Divisional Police Officer report, dispatch register entry.
• Name and contact of the First Appellate Authority for this office.

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1. Day 30: silence = deemed refusal under §7(2). File a §19(1) First Appeal to the FAA — use First Appeal Builder.
2. Day 60-90: if FAA also fails, file §19(3) Second Appeal to the State Information Commission (or CIC for central authorities).
3. Beyond 18 months: writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution to the High Court.
4. Consider parallel CPGRAMS complaint at pgportal.gov.in for service-delivery push.

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Last reviewed: 23 April 2026.