Gazette notification for carrying out the amendment in Schedule I of the Passport Rules 1980 Opening of Passport Office Kota

EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY (3) No. 533] NEW DELHI , MON DAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023/ BHADRA 27, 194 5 CG-DL-E-18092023-248801 (1) (2) (3) [फा. सं. V.IV/551/11/2021 ] MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th September, 2023 G.S.R. 675(E) .—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967), the Central Government hereby mak es the following rules further to amend the Passport Rules, 1980, namely: - 1. These rules ma y be called the Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2023. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In SCHEDULE I to the Pass port Rules, 1980, - (a) against Sl. No. 16, in column (3), for the entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely: - (3) “The districts of Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Dausa, Jaipur, Sikar, Nagaur, Bikaner, Jodhpur Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi, Pali, Ajmer, Tonk in the State of Rajasthan”; (b) after Sl. No. 19 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely: - (1) (2) (3) 19 A. Passport Office, Kota “The dist ricts of Sawai Madhopur, Bundi, Kota, Baran, Jhalwar, Bhilwara, Chhitorgarh, Rajasamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh in the State of Rajasthan.” (a) Passport Officer (b) Deputy Passport Officer (c) Assistant Passport Officer (d) Se nior Superintendent (e) Superintendent [F. No. V.IV/551/11/2021] T. ARMSTRONG CHANGSAN , Jt. Secy. (PSP) and Chief Passport Officer (CPO) Note :- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part -II, Section 3, Sub -section (i), vide Number. G.S.R. 691(E), dated the 11th December, 1980 and last amended vide number G.S.R. 356(E), dated the 2nd June, 2020. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Co ntroller of Publications, Delhi -110054.