154 got RCs with fake ID proofs
Rajiv Mahajan
NURPUR, FEBRUARY 7
The Registration Licensing Authority (RLA) here has detected 154 persons, who got their vehicles registered with the RLA and procured registration certificates (RCs) by submitting fictitious ID proofs.
All such vehicles have been blocked on Vahan portal by the RLA and issued seven-day notices to them and told to reply. These vehicles cannot be sold now.
SDM-cum-RLA Surinder Thakur said if the owners didn’t comply with the office notice, their RCs would be cancelled. He said the government had enhanced the registration fee from 3 per cent to 9 per cent, besides Rs 2,000 as green tax to be deposited by the vehicle owner before applying for RC. It will discourage outsiders to procure RCs in the state.
Sources reveal that most vehicles are from neighbouring Pathankot district in Punjab who got their vehicle registered in the local RLA to save the registration fee, which was 3 per cent in Himachal Pradesh whereas it was 9 per cent in Punjab.
The owners in connivance with some agents managed to upload their documents, including fictitious ID proofs, on the transport portal and obtained their RCs. The Directorate of State Transport directed all RLAs to verify their documents.
The practice of getting their vehicles registered with the state RLAs has been prevailing for the past many years. Some have also managed to prepare their double Aadhar Cards in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
High registration fee in Punjab
Most vehicles are from neighbouring Pathankot district, whose owners got their vehicle registered with the local RLA to save the registration fee, which was 3 per cent in Himachal Pradesh whereas it was 9 per cent in Punjab
