CAN WE MAKE AN APPLICATION UNDER RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT BY PROVINDING A PERSONS PASSPORT NO. AND HIS VISA DETAILS TO KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS, IF YES, WHO IS THE AUTHORITY OR THE INFORMATION OFFICER.
drsivakumar (n/a) 13 September 2009
CAN WE MAKE AN APPLICATION UNDER RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT BY PROVINDING A PERSONS PASSPORT NO. AND HIS VISA DETAILS TO KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS, IF YES, WHO IS THE AUTHORITY OR THE INFORMATION OFFICER.
A V Vishal (Advocate) 13 September 2009
Dr Siva Kumar. Under The Passport Act & Rules, the details of the passport holder is confidential and cannot be revealed to unrelated third parties except in case of a request of an official who holds a public office and where it is necessary to know the whereabouts of such person, the information can be divulged. Under Article 4 (1) (b) (xvi) of the Right to Information Act, 2005
Appellate Authority
Sh. A. Manickam, Joint Secretary (CPV) & Chief Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, Room No. 20, Patiala House Annexe, Tilak Marg, New Delhi -110 001 Tel. No. : 0091 11 23387104 Fax no : 0091 11 23782821 E-mail :
jscpv@mea.gov.in
Central Public Information Officer Shri Bidhi Chand, Deputy Passport Officer (CPV – RTI), RTI Section, CPV Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Patiala House Annexe, Tilak Marg, NEW DELHI – 110 001. Telefax No. 0091 11 23388648 E-mail : uscpvrti@mea.gov.in
Anil Agrawal (Retired) 14 September 2009
You can't get it.
drsivakumar (n/a) 15 September 2009
thanks sir for your immediate reply. is there any other option to find a persons whereabouts.
Anil Agrawal (Retired) 15 September 2009
Passport is certainly not one of them. The address may be fake, the fellow must have disappeared. Get his residential address first and contact police.
abhijit chattopadhyay (Sr. Consultant) 11 January 2011
regional passport authority,