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Still, I was in no hurry and then November also went by in preparing for End-seams and then screwing up in them too. After the exams, I checked the status, it was still the same, but I went home for the vacations in December and did volunteer-ship in Disha, an NGO for children with multiple disabilities. To read my experiences click here. I came back to campus in January to find out the same status on the Portal. I decided to do something about it and the very first thing that came in my mind was the toll free number. I called and they never listened to me and instructed me to call the regional office which is in Lucknow for Kanpur applicants. I asked them for the contact details of Lucknow office, but they denied. I searched on the internet and found two numbers which I dialed the whole day but nobody responded. The only alternative left was proceeding to Lucknow Regional Office and inquire about my application. I also went there and to my luck the place was less crowded, but there only 1 inquiry cabin was unlatched out of 7-8 cabins which was the reason for long queue. After half an hour of standing in the queue I managed to talk to the concerned person and communicated to him the details of my application. What he unfolded left me tongue-tied. He alleged that I had undergone two Police Verification Process and both of them are Negative. He disclosed that my home Police verification should be negative because I am living in Kanpur and to add to my thunderbolt mine Kanpur Police verification was also negative and it was written that I was not present at the time of verification. I notified him bravely that I had already undergone the process and submitted all the necessary documents. He said "Mujhe nhi pata, andar saab hai unse baat karo". I went inside the 'Saab' Cabin He was seemingly frustrated already because of several complaints he received every day. I said "Good Morning Sir, I am Vishwas Jain from IIT Kanpur and my Police Verification reports are negative in spite of being present at both the places".
He said" So what, hum kya kare. Jao ab kuch nhi ho sakta" showing his hands towards the door.
"Sir, please look into the matter". I requested him.
"Ek to pehle Police Verification k liye jate nhi ho fir humare pass aate ho"
"Sir me dono jageh present tha. mene sign kiye h"
"Aise bahot log aate hai yha roj. fir se apply karo jao"
" Sir I am from IIT Kanpur and I came from kanpur leaving all my classes I had today"
"To hum ky kare. koi ehsaan thode hi kiye ho hum pe passport tumhe chahiye, hume thode chahiye, aana padega 10 bar aana padega"
"Sir Baat aapki shi h but Sir meri galti kya h wo to bataiye, fault kya thi jiski vajeh se PV negative hai"
"Police ki report negative h, fir se apply karo, hume pareshan mat karo"
"Sir mujhe poora Kanpur se yha aana pada , mene itne call kiye, mail kiye...na koi phone uthata hai na koi mail ka reply karta hai"
"Phone to hum kisi k baap ka nhi uthate. hum phone uthae ya kuch kaam kare. passport chahiye to yha aao, kanpur ho ya agra , aana to padega".
"Par agar yhi baat mujhe seedha waha se pata chal jati to me evidence leke aata ya fir whi se apply kar deta".
"Bhai chahte kya ho system sudhar jae, aisa nhi hoga . ab jao yha se".
I was disappointed and decided to vacate the room losing all the hopes I had from him, then suddenly he called
"Suno
"yes sir"
"1 application likh do ki mera police verification fir se karaya jaye. tumhari report kanpur bhijwa deta hu fir se, fir se verification karawao."
"sir kab kak pahuch jaegi application?"
"2-3 din me pakka pahuch jaegi"
"Ok sir, thank you"
I handed over him the application and came back to Kanpur and decided to wait for the mail of verification to come.
The wait continued till 2 weeks till my aggravation again crossed the threshold and went to Passport Nodal Officer, Office in Institute to ask if my application reached the campus through Police but he denied and asked me to contact Kalyanpur Police station. When I went there I found that the application was also not there and asked me to contact SP Office where all the Kanpur Application comes from Lucknow. Next Day I went there and found my application there and when I asked them about that they told me that they received it 20 days before and from the last 20 days file not even moved an inch. I implored them to send the application to Kalyanpur Police Station but after several attempts and listening to my story they said "We already have the applications which came on and after 2nd January and your application came on 17th January, so it will take 20 more days to reach your application there but after listening to your story I will send the application within 2-3 days. After 2-3 days you can check at your respective Police station". This was a sigh of consolation for me as the process started again.
Now, I was sure that this time I am going to get it, so I decided to file RTI Request to investigate on the reasons due to which my PV report was sent negative instead of being present there and submitting all the essential documents with a hope that this will definitely going to help me to some extent but I was wrong again. I got a reply that my application is out for Police Verification after I had passport in my hand.
It was the 25th Feb already and I have not received any mail from the office regarding verification, so I went to the Nodal Officer to check for the same and found my application there from the last 5 days. I asked them the reason for keeping my application in hand with them. They told me that there are no sufficient application for the verification. When they have 15-20 application in hand, they mail all the applicants for the PV. I requested them to do the process on next weekend but he denied and said that it will be done on 9th March. I argued that there are holidays from 1st to 9th March because of Holi and if verification will be done on that weekend then there will be less probability that people will come for the verification and in my case verification is being done second time and if I will miss this time also then I will definitely be not getting the passport till April. At the first sight, the person who was the nodal officer started scolding me "we can't do anything about it and verification will be done on that weekend only and if you miss the verification we will resend your application back to Lucknow. I thought that these people are sitting here for the help of students and if they also will behave like this than anybody can lose hope in the system. I politely requested him and asked me if there is any possibility or I have to cancel my tickets for home. After thinking for two minutes he called his assistant to complete my application formality tomorrow and told me to bring all the necessary requirements. I thanked him and came out of the room without even looking back and endured some relief. I was still not sure whether I will be able to fetch it or not, as I was not involved with the exact process of PV. It was a second hand approach which could be denied by the Police at any point of time.
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Still, I was in no hurry and then November also went by in preparing for End-seams and then screwing up in them too. After the exams, I checked the status, it was still the same, but I went home for the vacations in December and did volunteer-ship in Disha, an NGO for children with multiple disabilities. To read my experiences click here. I came back to campus in January to find out the same status on the Portal. I decided to do something about it and the very first thing that came in my mind was the toll free number. I called and they never listened to me and instructed me to call the regional office which is in Lucknow for Kanpur applicants. I asked them for the contact details of Lucknow office, but they denied. I searched on the internet and found two numbers which I dialed the whole day but nobody responded. The only alternative left was proceeding to Lucknow Regional Office and inquire about my application. I also went there and to my luck the place was less crowded, but there only 1 inquiry cabin was unlatched out of 7-8 cabins which was the reason for long queue. After half an hour of standing in the queue I managed to talk to the concerned person and communicated to him the details of my application. What he unfolded left me tongue-tied. He alleged that I had undergone two Police Verification Process and both of them are Negative. He disclosed that my home Police verification should be negative because I am living in Kanpur and to add to my thunderbolt mine Kanpur Police verification was also negative and it was written that I was not present at the time of verification. I notified him bravely that I had already undergone the process and submitted all the necessary documents. He said "Mujhe nhi pata, andar saab hai unse baat karo". I went inside the 'Saab' Cabin He was seemingly frustrated already because of several complaints he received every day. I said "Good Morning Sir, I am Vishwas Jain from IIT Kanpur and my Police Verification reports are negative in spite of being present at both the places".
He said" So what, hum kya kare. Jao ab kuch nhi ho sakta" showing his hands towards the door.
"Sir, please look into the matter". I requested him.
"Ek to pehle Police Verification k liye jate nhi ho fir humare pass aate ho"
"Sir me dono jageh present tha. mene sign kiye h"
"Aise bahot log aate hai yha roj. fir se apply karo jao"
" Sir I am from IIT Kanpur and I came from kanpur leaving all my classes I had today"
"To hum ky kare. koi ehsaan thode hi kiye ho hum pe passport tumhe chahiye, hume thode chahiye, aana padega 10 bar aana padega"
"Sir Baat aapki shi h but Sir meri galti kya h wo to bataiye, fault kya thi jiski vajeh se PV negative hai"
"Police ki report negative h, fir se apply karo, hume pareshan mat karo"
"Sir mujhe poora Kanpur se yha aana pada , mene itne call kiye, mail kiye...na koi phone uthata hai na koi mail ka reply karta hai"
"Phone to hum kisi k baap ka nhi uthate. hum phone uthae ya kuch kaam kare. passport chahiye to yha aao, kanpur ho ya agra , aana to padega".
"Par agar yhi baat mujhe seedha waha se pata chal jati to me evidence leke aata ya fir whi se apply kar deta".
"Bhai chahte kya ho system sudhar jae, aisa nhi hoga . ab jao yha se".
I was disappointed and decided to vacate the room losing all the hopes I had from him, then suddenly he called
"Suno
"yes sir"
"1 application likh do ki mera police verification fir se karaya jaye. tumhari report kanpur bhijwa deta hu fir se, fir se verification karawao."
"sir kab kak pahuch jaegi application?"
"2-3 din me pakka pahuch jaegi"
"Ok sir, thank you"
I handed over him the application and came back to Kanpur and decided to wait for the mail of verification to come.
The wait continued till 2 weeks till my aggravation again crossed the threshold and went to Passport Nodal Officer, Office in Institute to ask if my application reached the campus through Police but he denied and asked me to contact Kalyanpur Police station. When I went there I found that the application was also not there and asked me to contact SP Office where all the Kanpur Application comes from Lucknow. Next Day I went there and found my application there and when I asked them about that they told me that they received it 20 days before and from the last 20 days file not even moved an inch. I implored them to send the application to Kalyanpur Police Station but after several attempts and listening to my story they said "We already have the applications which came on and after 2nd January and your application came on 17th January, so it will take 20 more days to reach your application there but after listening to your story I will send the application within 2-3 days. After 2-3 days you can check at your respective Police station". This was a sigh of consolation for me as the process started again.
Now, I was sure that this time I am going to get it, so I decided to file RTI Request to investigate on the reasons due to which my PV report was sent negative instead of being present there and submitting all the essential documents with a hope that this will definitely going to help me to some extent but I was wrong again. I got a reply that my application is out for Police Verification after I had passport in my hand.
It was the 25th Feb already and I have not received any mail from the office regarding verification, so I went to the Nodal Officer to check for the same and found my application there from the last 5 days. I asked them the reason for keeping my application in hand with them. They told me that there are no sufficient application for the verification. When they have 15-20 application in hand, they mail all the applicants for the PV. I requested them to do the process on next weekend but he denied and said that it will be done on 9th March. I argued that there are holidays from 1st to 9th March because of Holi and if verification will be done on that weekend then there will be less probability that people will come for the verification and in my case verification is being done second time and if I will miss this time also then I will definitely be not getting the passport till April. At the first sight, the person who was the nodal officer started scolding me "we can't do anything about it and verification will be done on that weekend only and if you miss the verification we will resend your application back to Lucknow. I thought that these people are sitting here for the help of students and if they also will behave like this than anybody can lose hope in the system. I politely requested him and asked me if there is any possibility or I have to cancel my tickets for home. After thinking for two minutes he called his assistant to complete my application formality tomorrow and told me to bring all the necessary requirements. I thanked him and came out of the room without even looking back and endured some relief. I was still not sure whether I will be able to fetch it or not, as I was not involved with the exact process of PV. It was a second hand approach which could be denied by the Police at any point of time.
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