Hyderabad: Vehicle owners in Telangana can now skirt the cumbersome process at RTA offices to register their new cars and two-wheelers. The transport department, in a memo on Thursday, allowed authorised automobile dealers to submit applications for permanent registration online, doing away with the requirement for vehicles to be physically presented at RTA offices during first registration.Under the new system, authorised automobile dealers across the state will facilitate online submission of permanent registration applications, with necessary logistical and technical arrangements at the dealer points.
According to the memo, the decision is in line with Rule 48-B of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which permits first-time registration of fully built vehicles sold by authorised dealers without physical production before the registering authority.The facility will apply to fully built non-transport motorcycles and cars.As the department is in the process of migrating registration-related services to the VAHAN platform of the National Informatics Centre, a process expected to take around six months, the existing software service provider has been directed to modify the current system to enable dealer-point permanent registration. The company has been given 15 days to complete the required software changes.Under the new system, authorised dealers will be required to submit online applications for permanent registration through the department’s portal by uploading documents including the invoice, Form 21 (sale certificate), Form 22 (road-worthiness certificate), insurance certificate, address proof of the purchaser, a declaration on non-ownership of a second or subsequent vehicle wherever applicable, scanned copies of the purchaser’s photograph and signature, and photographs of the engine number, chassis number and the vehicle.The registering authority or additional registering authority will scrutinise the applications and, upon approval, assign registration numbers. The registration certificate will be dispatched to vehicle owners through speed post.The memo also states transport department officers, including motor vehicle inspectors, RTOs and senior officials, may conduct random inspections of vehicles available in the inventory of authorised dealers at any time.The exact date of implementation will be communicated separately and will not be later than 15 days from the date of the order, once the software modifications are completed.
