Police verification for passports in one day

Tribune News Service

Shimla, January 21

Being ranked at the sixth position in completing police verification for passport in 11 days, the Himachal Pradesh police has brought down this period to a mere one day.

Himachal Pradesh, where annually 50,000 passports are made, could now be ranked among the top performer with this new achievement by the police in January 2021. Himachal had stood sixth among the best states in completing police verifications in 2019-20.

As per the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Guarantee Act 2011, police verification has to be completed within 15 days. The Ministry of External Affairs had advised state governments to complete police verification within 21 days.

A police spokesperson said here today that the Himachal Police completed police verification on an average 11 days in 2019-20. In the current financial year, as a result of a special drive by HP Police since June 2020, the average days taken for police verification came down to three. During January 2021, it has further come down to one day.

With this prompt delivery of service, it is expected that the Himachal Police would secure position as the top performer state in police verification in the country, he added.