Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
For the service of summons to the Regional Passport Officer and the staff working under them, the following instructions should be followed by the Criminal Courts:— (1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the Government, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of office in which such person is employed and the head of the office shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the manner provided by section 62 of the Code. (2) The Chief Passport Officer of the Ministry of External Affairs is the head of the office so far as the Regional Passport Officers are concerned and the Regional Passport Officers are the "Head of Office" in respect of the staff working under them and the service of summons on the Regional Passport Officers should be effected through the Chief Passport Office and on the staff working under the Regional Passport Officers through the Regional Passport Officers. (3) Usually summonses are issued to the Regional Passport Officers by name which makes it obligatory on the Regional Passport Officers to present themselves in person in Court. The main purposes for which the Regional Passport Officers are summoned are usually to produce and to prove some official documents in connection with the trial of pending cases in Courts. If the summonses are sent by designation it will not only facilitate compliance but will also be economical and conducive to efficiency as the dealing assistant can be deputed to produce the required documents. If, however, a Regional Passport Officer is personally required to give evidence, the summons can be issued in his name. (Vide letter No. F(12)(10)PV-111-50, dated 18-2-1960, of the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs).