In order to stop the misuse of the provisions pertaining to the registration numer plates, the Delhi Transport Department has issued guidelines to preserve the registration numbers of the stolen vehicles to stop its misuse.
After receiving complaints regarding the retention of the registration number of the stolen vehicles, the transport department reviewed a part of the Motor Vehicle Act and issued a circular laying down guidelines for retaining registration number of stolen vehicles, by putting a cap of 180 days for such applications after getting an untraced report from the police.
“This guideline is for the stolen vehicles as earlier there was no such time limit for applying to retain registration number of stolen vehicles, and complaints of misuse of the provision were received,” said a senior Transport department official.
As per the circular, now a vehicle owner can apply for retaining his stolen vehicle registration number after lodging an FIR and producing the untraced report along with application for retention of existing registration number of the vehicle. The stolen vehicle should be duly insured as on the day of FIR, stipulates the streamlined policy
“Also, vehicle owners will be required to submit an undertaking that the matter of claim of the stolen vehicle with the insurance company and the court case, if arises any, after retention of registration number will be their responsibility,” added the official.
Further as per the report, the time limit for the application for retention of registration mark of a stolen vehicle can be made within 180 days only from the date of untraced report.