50 verification certificates were issued by the official in the past six months, raising fears that documents were forged
The Regional Passport Office here has ordered a probe into the issuance of 50 verification certificates in the past six months by an official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). These certificates had been issued for obtaining passports under the Tatkal scheme.
Regional Passport Officer K. Srikar Reddy told reporters on Thursday that a complaint would be lodged with the police to find out how so many certificates were issued by a single officer, apart from verifying the authenticity of the documents. Details were also sought from the DRDO in this regard, he said.
Last year, the RPO had detected 50 forged verification documents issued in the name of IAS and IPS officers. Begumpet police have already registered a case in the matter.
Recently, an applicant had submitted a forged document, which was attested from a local court.
“After receiving the document, we enquired with the court, which denied any such attestation,” he said.
“We are dealing with these cases very seriously and necessary action would be taken against those involved in it after investigation,” Mr. Reddy said.
The passport office has also set up a centralised control room at the Secunderabad office to oversee the functioning of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in the State with the help of surveillance cameras.
“We can monitor live the flow of applicants and submission process and if needed depute additional staff. We can also directly speak to the applicants’ online and collect feedback from them,” he explained. Using CCTVs, a police constable was caught red-handed for accepting a bribe at the Secunderabad RPO recently. He was later suspended.
Online payment of processing fee at will be facilitated from PSKs at Begumpet, Ameerpet, Tolichowki, Nizamabad, Vijayawada and Tirupati from Friday.
The processing fee can be paid while booking an appointment on the website www.passportindia.gov.in either by debit/credit card or via SBI internet banking. Those intending to pay the amount through challan, can check the details on the passport website.
PDD Ji,
DRDO & HEMRL Pune mostly expert in this type of work, this is very talent work corrupt officers mostly habit of the fabrication in document of passport & tenders this is money making system.
Purchase Procedures in DRDO
Procurement of materials is an ongoing activity in DRDO laboratories/establishments. To facilitate uniformity of procedures across the laboratories/establishments, DRDO Hqrs has issued guidelines in the form of “Purchase Management – 2003 (PM-2003)” duly approved by the Government. Power of procurement has been delegated at certain levels, depending upon the cost and the nature of the item.
To identify right source of supply, vendors are selected and registered after evaluation of their services and infrastructure through well-defined parameters by a committee constituted for this purpose. Requirement of the item is categorised and tenders are invited on Open/Global/Limited/Single/Proprietary Article Certificate (PAC) basis. All purchases are generally made through open Tenders Basis. However, materials/ components of monopolistic nature, for high technology projects, are procured from reputed manufacturers on PAC basis. The advertisements are published in local and national newspapers through DAVP. Tender Opening Committee comprising representatives from Materials Management Group, Vigilance Officer/Security Officer/Duty Officer of day open the tenders as per laid down guidelines.
The criteria for the selection of mode of procurement is based on “urgency of requirement”, “availability of item locally or in international market”, “cost of item” “competitiveness”, etc. Technical offer and commercial offer are obtained separately. This ensures technical evaluation of the items by a separate Technical Evaluation Committee. In all the cases, Guidelines issued by the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) are strictly followed. Representatives of user, finance and DRDO Hqrs participate in the decision-making. Rate running contract procedure is applied for the materials/components, which are used regularly. Services of various agencies are also availed through this mode. The complete procedure ensures fairness and transparency to the vendors and availability of the required items to the user. Interest of the Organisation is preserved while procuring the materials without any prejudice to any vendor/supplier/manufacturer and to obtain the maximum ultimate value for each rupee of expendit ure.
This is Only Order but not not applicable for DRDO Lab HEMRL Pune.