The owner of the taxi hired by Uttarakhand Government for Dehradun municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey was served a notice by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) for having a white number plate.
Dehradun Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) Arvind Pandey said, “We have sent a notice to the owner of the taxi UKO7 TB 0625, Ameena Kauser on the grounds that the vehicle’s registered number plate is a taxi number, which is supposed to be in black colour on a yellow background. This number plate has the number in black colour on a white background.”
It is pertinent to mention here that the said vehicle is used by Dehradun Municipal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey.
It is also worth mentioning that the RTO has also issued challan to another taxi number (UKO7 TA 9185) on the same grounds.
This vehicle is reportedly being used by an official in the secretariat.