New Delhi, March 12 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High Court, challenging the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Embassy of India in Oman over the publication of a Request for Proposals (RFP 2025). This proposal, issued on February 4 this year, sought bids from service providers for delivering Consular, Passport, Visa (CPV) services and other related Value Added Services.

The petition argues that the RFP mandates service providers to charge a single contract price for application filing and support services, irrespective of whether applicants utilize optional Value Added Services.

This, according to the plea, unfairly enables service providers to profit from unrendered services, violating basic pri...