I guess due to strike they are already holding lot of passports with them which are not being processed at required pace... I guess, this might be a reason for not sending passprot requests to new applicants... for them they will request at the end of the process once they are ready to issue visa... so might not be a matter to worry... this is just a guess... I suggest apply GCMS notes,.. you can get confirmation regarding PPR being sent or not... from the notes if it is clear that they have not sent PPR then should not be a big worrying factor.... because I saw many cases where PPR was sent almost at the ending stage.. just before status being changed to "Decision Made"...
- Gupta