HYDERABAD: Buyers of new two-wheelers and cars will no longer be required to physically present their vehicles at Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) for first-time registration. Presently, only temporary registration numbers are provided at dealers.
Under the new procedure, authorised automobile dealers will submit permanent registration applications online on behalf of vehicle buyers. Dealers will upload key documents including the invoice, sale certificate (Form-21), road-worthiness certificate (Form-22), insurance details, proof of address, buyer’s photograph and signature, and photographs of the vehicle, engine number and chassis number.
Applications submitted by dealers will be scrutinised by the registering authority or additional registering authority. The authority will approve or reject the applications and allot registration numbers.
The registration certificate (RC) will then be sent directly to the vehicle owner through Speed Post.
To ensure compliance and prevent misuse, officials of the Transport department, including Motor Vehicle Inspectors, will be empowered to conduct random inspections of vehicle stock at authorised dealerships.
New system likely within 15 days
The Transport department has instructed authorised automobile dealers to put in place the necessary logistical and technical infrastructure to support the dealer-point online registration system.
The official date for the rollout of the new system will be communicated to all RTOs and authorised dealers within 15 days of completion of the software upgrades.
Transport Commissioner K Ilambarathi said that the department is following instructions given by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy during a review meeting on December 19 to implement the Dealer Point Registration (DPR) system across the state.
He said that fully built motor vehicles sold through authorised automobile dealers are exempt from physical inspection at RTOs at the time of initial registration, as per Rule 48B of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.