Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj awarded a Certificate of Recognition to the Haryana Police for being one of the four best State or UT police.
The award was to acknowledge their outstanding work in implementing the District Police Headquarters (DPHQ) model which has been a great help in speedy police verification of personal particulars and antecedents of the passport applicants. Director General of Police, CID AK Dhull received the award on behalf of the Haryana Police at New Delhi.
Dhull added that the verification of passport applicants by the Police Department is a critical component of the passport service delivery, it is of utmost importance that the requisite verification is carried out at the earliest. Passport service directly touches the lives of a large number of citizens who wish to go abroad.
The scheme to implement the District Police Headquarters model for speeding up the requisite processes regarding police verification of personal particulars and antecedents of passport applicants was initiated by Haryana Government in July, 2013.
It was also emphasised to invest in necessary infrastructure in order to shift from manual mode to the web-based District Police Headquarters (DPHQ) model. Dhull said that Haryana Police accepted the challenge and implemented this web-based model of police verification of passport applicants.
A system of close performance monitoring by senior officers was introduced and random checking was also initiated to verify the actual pendency, the behaviour of police personnel and actual visit to the applicants’ residences by the police inquiry officers. This checking is being done by the senior officers through SMSs and phone calls to the applicants. The initiative has paid its dividends in terms of greater public satisfaction and hassle free passport verification process, he added.
Haryana Director General of Police Shriniwas Vashisht, has complimented all Commissioners of Police, district Superintendents of Police of the State as well as the CID for their sincere efforts and excellent contribution in implementing this people friendly scheme.