The new vehicle registration series — ‘CH-01-BB’ — will be launched for the city residents in the month of February. The Registering and licensing Authority (RlA) will hold an open auction of vehicle registration numbers of new series ‘CH-01-BB’ on February 7 and 8. A spokesperson of the RlA said that the open auction of numbers of new series ‘CH-01-BB’ from vehicle number “0001” to “0100” will be held on February 7 from 9.30 am onwards and auction of vehicle number “0101” onwards will be held on February 8 from 9.30am onwards.”
“The applicants who desire to obtain payment numbers are requested to attend the open auction at the RlA office in Sector 17 here alongwith prescribed amount for the desired numbers, a copy of sale letter (Form No. 21), residence proof of UT Chandigarh. The reserve price shall be accepted in form of Cash only. The list prescribing the reserve price against special numbers or any other number is available in the office of RlA and websites http://chdtransport.gov.in, www.chdpr.gov.in,” said the spokesperson.
In the previous auction of CH-01-BA series, number “0001” had fetched Rs6.5 lakh. Jaspal Singh, a resident of Sector 21 here had bought the number for his Toyota Fortuner. In total, RlA had collected Rs70.50 lakh by auctioning the numbers of “CH-01-BA” series.