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| Registration of 21,918 private vehicles not renewed, Govt loses whopping Rs 6.12 crore | | Loss on the wheels! | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 3: Certificate of registration in respect of 21,918 private vehicles registered with eight RTOs/ARTOs have not been renewed after the prescribed time frame due to which the government exchequer has lost a whooping Rs 6.12 crore as the Transport Department could not recover the registration fee/ tax of these vehicles.
Documents in possession of the Early Times revealed that MV Act, 1988 stipulates that certificate of registration in respect of motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle shall be valid for a period of 15 years from the date of issue and shall be renewable as per the provisions of the Act. On receipt of application, renew the certificate of registration for a period of five years and intimate the fact to the original registering authority.
Data analysis of VAHAN revealed that, in all, there were 4,31,459 private cars and 8,06,001 two wheelers registered with different RTOs/ARTOs. Of these, registration of 15,075 private cars and 12,672 two wheelers in eight RTOs/ARTOs were due for renewal of registration during 2013-14 to 2017-18. However, only 5,829 vehicle owners (cars: 4,782; two wheelers: 1,047) (21 per cent) got their registration certificates renewed during April 2013 to March 2018.
The remaining 10,293 private cars and 11,625 two wheelers owners neither renewed the registration nor surrendered the registration certificate to the registering authority, after expiry of 15 years. The Department had not taken any action against these vehicle owners for renewal of registration.
The revenue implication in respect of these 21,918 vehicles was Rs 6.12 crore (registration fee/ Motor Vehicles tax7). The government in its defence has stated that notices would be issued to the defaulters for renewal of the registration of their vehicles and accordingly the recovery of revenue would be effected from them.
Non-renewal of registration certificates was pointed out in earlier report for the period ended March 2008. Non-monitoring of surrender of RC and absence of provision regarding generation of Reports in VAHAN 1.0 resulted in non re-registration of non-transport vehicles.
VAHAN 4.0 can generate reports, date-wise and registration number wise, to list out vehicles whose re-registration is due. The Department should put in place an efficient mechanism for effective pursuance so that the benefit of features available in VAHAN 4.0 can be utilised.
In terms of JKMV Rules 1991, dealer has to pay Temporary Registration fee prescribed under Rule 81 of CMV Rules, 1989 in respect of every vehicle sold. In terms of the GoI Notification (December 2016), the revised rates for temporary registration fee in respect of various categories of vehicles effective from 29 December 2016 were endorsed by Transport Commissioner to the respective implementing agencies on 11 January 2017. |
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