Surrendering Indian passport and applying OCI - in India

Dear all,

I have indian passport and recently i have been naturalised and i have just applied for my passport.
Due to an emergency i will have to go to india and be there for atleast 6 months.I dont have time to
surrender my indian passport and apply for OCI.

I have seen on Passport seva website that i can surrender indian passports in India.It is one of the services they provide.

I want to travel to india on my indian passport,surrender it and apply of OCI there in india.

Could someone please tell me it this is ok?

Many thanks.

One of the requirements for applying OCI in India, as mentioned on the "instruction pages" when you print a submitted OCI application is:

In case application is submitted in India, copy of any type of Visa (other than Missionary Visa and Mountaineering Visa)/ Residential Permit with 3 months validity as on the date of application.

which makes me think that you may be okay surrendering your IND passport in India but you'll need to have a valid (IND) visa on your British passport to be able to apply for OCI in India. I don't know if you can apply for a Indian visa in India on your British passport, having entered India on an Indian passport.