Moreover further to what fprince advised you.... I had kinda same situation may be bit different... I am permanent Australian resident.. I marked on application forms that i wanted file to go through sydney australia... After sponsorship approval, file went to sydney.... sydney kept file for two months and sent it to ND India stating because I am Indian citizen ,file would have to go through New Delhi office..
Also having a representative is pain in @ rs... I had canadian rep (which i have kicked out now)...it will waste a lot of time to get PPR cuz of transit time from India to Canada....
And good luck with passport thingy as its very tricky as fprince said u can be still called for interview even when they have ur passport.. then how will u travel to india??
So make sure you do look at these points before proceeding as they are very important aspects not to be ignored.