The Special Branch of city police will open receipt centres so that applicants can submit application directly.
A senior police official said, in this practice special branch police personnel accept the applications and verify them. After verification the application is sent to the passport office. So far in Hyderabad the passport applications were received by the passport officials or post office personnel. So the applicants have to go to the police for verification. This takes a few days. The centres are set to become operational this month, the official sources said.