Passport Office Bangalore — penalty of rs. 5000/- imposed for wrong address details

Address:

Bangalore, Karnataka, 560066

I am writing herewith on behalf of my wife regarding asking for penalty of rs. 5000/-by passport authority for correction of address.
I have applied normal passport for my wife. I have given the correct flat number but inadvertently i have wrongly selected the month and year of residing since, of my previous flat. Other all the information like name of society, address zip code are correct. It comes to know when the police personal came at my residence for verification of address. At the time of appointment dated 18/12/2017 when i visited the passport office they checked every documents and if they said at that point of time my wife can change the details at that time only.

Today 02.02.2018 i along with my wife visited for correction of date of address, the authority said you have to pay rs. 5000/- as penalty for providing wrong details.

Here i want to say that that it is clerical error and it van be rectified without levying any penalty or with a token amount of rs. 100/ — 500/-.
Here penalty is imposing like we have committed a major crime and reveling the important information. I am providing all the details like address proof of previous address and current address but no body is listening. On the same day i have also applied for passport and information given correctly and got it the passport on time. My wife is pure home maker and residing with me, why she will provide wrong address details.

I just request to all government authorities to please look into the matter.

Regards
Sanjay sinha
Bangalore
02/02/2018