Haryana Government has notified Haryana Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2018 under which various officers have been conferred with the powers to challan vehicles for certain offences in the State.
According to the rules, such officers have been appointed under Section 213. These officers include Transport Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner concerned, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Additional or Joint State Transport Commissioner, Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Flying Squad Officer, Sub Divisional Officer (Civil)-cum-Registering Authority (Motors), said an official spokesman.
The city magistrate, Director General State Transport, Additional or Joint Director, State Transport, General Manager and Traffic Manager Haryana Roadways, Motor Vehicle Officer (Enforcement), Motor Vehicle Inspector (Enforcement) and Assistant Secretary Regional Transport Authority have also been given powers to challan vehicle owners, said he.
The spokesman said that the officers who would exercise the power of challan in the area covered within a radius of five kilometers of mining or crushing zones notified by the Mines and Geology Department, for such time and such specific roads, as specified by the Deputy Commissioner or Additional Deputy Commissioner concerned under section 213 are Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Deputy Superintendent of Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors of Police Department among others.
These officers also include District Development and Panchayat Officer, Block Development Panchayat Officer, Executive Engineer or Sub Divisional Engineer of the Panchayat Department, Mining officer and Mining Inspector of Mining Department, Flying Squad Officer, ISBT, New Delhi, General Manager and Traffic Manager Haryana Roadways, added he.