Passport Enquiry at Regional Passport Office, Bangalore

I have been making trips to the RPO, Bangalore to see if I can get my passport quickly. First day, I landed up a bit late around 10am, so the token number was 278, which seemed like a wait till the end of the day. Then I happened to see the board that said that token numbers from the previous day is still valid. I thought I will make use of that facility so that I don't have to stand in the token queue again. But it turned out that you can only use it only if your task is unfinished(when they close shop), not for next day service at the initial counter. The guy at the desk was pretty rude and that seems to be the case with every guy in there - oh well this is a Govt. office where people have no other choice. I also think people make it a big deal(may be it is for many)) by queuing up from 6am in the morning.

Finally I went early(I thought) at 8:15, by then there were around 100 people in the queue - waited till 9:30 for the token, another 2 hours to get to the counter. The guy said my passport was coming in quickly in 15 days or earlier. Also they wanted the original copy of my letter from my office - no copies, so he can't do anything about it as well. But before I could arrange for a formal letter with signed in fresh ink, I got the SMS that my passport has been despatched finally, which was a pleasant surprise.