G.O.(Ms).No. 71, Additional Passport Application Format for Government Servants, 2015
The Tamil Nadu Government's Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No. 71, dated 2 July 2015, introducing a Prior Intimation letter for government servants applying for the grant or renewal of an ordinary passport. It prescribes the information to be given to the authority under which the employee works and allows that authority to send any objection to the relevant Regional Passport Office.
What the government order covers
G.O.(Ms).No. 71 of the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department concerns passport applications by Tamil Nadu government servants. It records that rule 24-A of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1973 required government servants to obtain an Identity Certificate and No Objection Certificate when applying for the grant or renewal of a passport.
The order introduces an additional procedure called Prior Intimation. The decision followed a communication from the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, intended to simplify passport issuance for government servants, employees of public sector undertakings and employees of autonomous bodies who faced difficulty obtaining departmental certificates.
Who is affected
The Prior Intimation procedure applies to all government servants applying for the grant or renewal of a passport. The order was circulated to government departments, heads of departments, District Collectors, District Judges, District Magistrates and other listed public authorities.
The document does not govern housing, land ownership, property registration, planning permission or Housing Board allotments. A property buyer or owner is affected only if they are also a government servant making a passport application.
Key requirements
The Personnel and Administrative Reforms (A) Department specifies that:
- A government servant must submit Prior Intimation when applying for the grant or renewal of a passport.
- After submitting the passport application, a copy of the Prior Intimation letter must be sent to the authority under which the government servant works.
- If that authority objects to the issue of the passport, it must contact the relevant Regional Passport Office and provide details of the objection.
- The annexed letter states that the employee is applying for an ordinary passport and that the intimation is given for information and record.
- The employee must provide their signature, name, date of birth, designation, office name, present office address and residential address.
- The letter must be addressed to the relevant authority with its full postal address and include the place and date.
Amendment noted in the document
G.O.(Ms).No. 71 states that a necessary amendment to rule 24-A of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1973 would be issued separately. The supplied text does not contain that separate amendment.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms).No. 71 affect my land or Housing Board property?
No property provision appears in the document. It deals only with passport applications by government servants.
Who must give the Prior Intimation letter?
The order says all government servants applying for the grant or renewal of a passport must submit Prior Intimation.
What happens if my employing authority objects to my passport?
The authority must contact the relevant Regional Passport Office and provide details of its objection.
What details must be included in the Prior Intimation letter?
The annexed format asks for the employee's name, date of birth, designation, office, present office address, residential address, signature, place and date.
