As per the recent notification of the Regional Passport Office, Government servants, employees of PSUs and autonomous bodies can submit a prior intimation letter along with their passport applications in lieu of a No-Objection Certificate. This is to enable quick issuance of passports on a pre-police verification basis.
This prior intimation letter will be forwarded to the controlling/administrative authority (mentioned by the applicant with telephone number, fax number and e-mail Id of the authority), to confirm whether government department officer has any objection regarding the issuance of passport to the applicant.