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.
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
thanks sir for your immediate reply. is there any other option to find a persons whereabouts.
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.