The Punjab Transport Department has decided to issue provisional Registration Certificates (RC) in place of temporary registration certificates due to the orders of the Supreme Court that new vehicles being sold at dealer level would not be delivered without the affixing of high security registration plates.
Punjab Transport Minister Ajit Singh Kohar on Saturday said directions have been given to all District Transport Officers in the State in this regard. He said, while selling motor vehicles, the dealers will not issue temporary RCs to the applicants. The dealer will issue provisional registration certificate regarding that regular number which is issued to the buyer of the vehicle through online system.
Kohar said temporary Registration Certificate will only be issued to the residents of other States who purchase vehicles from Punjab and during the sale of commercial and transport vehicles the concerned dealer will issue temporary Registration Certificate regarding that vehicle.
He said the provisional Registration Certificate will be valid for 30 days only and the fees of provisional Registration Certificate will be half the amount of regular Registration Certificate like temporary Registration Certificate. After the issuance of provisional Registration Certificate the details regarding provisional RC will be sent through SMS mode to Agros impex regarding preparation of high security registration plate of that vehicle so that in stipulated time the HSRP of that vehicle be fixed.
If any motor vehicle owner wants to affix his previous vehicles’ registration number on his new vehicle then that person will first take permission regarding this from the concerned DTO office and gave it to the motor vehicle dealer.Regarding the purchase of new vehicle the motor vehicle dealer will issue the provisional registration certificate of that registration number which is to be retained and whose permission had been granted by concerned DTO, add the Minister.