The first computerized centre to collect the Passport Application forms at District level was recently inaugurated at Panchkula district of Haryana by Sh. A.N. Mathur, IAS Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to Govt of Haryana. Panchkula has the credit for being the first computerized centre for Passport Application Collection in North India. The software for the same has been developed by NITPU Bangalore. Under the system, the allocation fee shall be shared between the District Administration and the Regional Passport Office which is likely to make the model self sustaining. The State government is planning to extend this to all the districts very soon. In his address, Sh. A.N. Mathur appreciated the technical support being provided by NIC-Haryana State Unit to the State government.