I appreciate your efforts to put up in so much details all the requirements of obtaining a passport ( a mammoth task in India)for the benefit of confused and then frustrated seekers of passport (you literally feel like you have won a gold medal in olympics once your passport comes in your hands..yes, you truly have to put in the same amount of effort, dedication, pain, perspiration, and much more to reach the stage of acquiring a passport in India).
Can I request you to also put up guidelines for renewing the passport (incl. expired) or I guess it amounts to acquiring a new one.