Regional Transport Office
General Information to Vehicle Owners and Drivers:
Necessity of Driving Licence :
No person shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place unless he holds an effective driving licence issued to him authourising him to drive the vehicle, and no person shall drive a transport vehicle hired or for his own use or rented , unless his driving licence specifically entitles him to do so.
Age limit :
To drive a vehicle below 50 cc :- should have attained age of sixteen years.
To drive a Transport vehicle :- should have attained twenty years.
To drive any other motor vehicle :- should have attained eighteen years.
Any person who has held an effective learner’s licence to drive a perticulartype of vehicle for a period of atleast thirty days can apply in form no 4 along with prescribed fee and obtain a Driving licence for that type of vehicle for which learner’s licence has been issued after successfully completing through test of competence.
For details see form and procedures.
Allowing unauthourised persons to drive vehicles
Whoever being the owner or person in-charge of a motor vehicle allows the vehicle to be driven by an under aged person not qualified to obtain driving licence as per sec 4 of MV act or a person without a valid driving licence shall be liable to be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months and a fine of one thousand rupees or with both. (sec 180)
Driving of vehicles by an underaged person or by a person without a driving licence
Whoever drives a vehicle a valid driving licence shall be liable to be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extent to three months and a fine of five hundred Rupees or with both. (sec 181)
Whoever being an underaged person and not qualified to obtain driving licence as per sec 4 of MV act drives a shall be liable to be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months and a fine of five hundred Rupees or with both. (sec 181)
Necessity of Registration
No person shall drive any motor vehicle and no owner of a motor vehicle shall cause or permit the vehicle to be driven in any public place, or in any other place unless the vehicle is registered in accordance with this chapter, and the carries a registration mark displayed in the prescribed manner.
for details see forms and procedures.
Size of letters and numerals of the registration mark: Refer rule 51 of CMV rules.
Noting Transfer of ownership in the certificate of registration
Whenever a vehicle is sold/purchased it is mandatory on the part of transferor (seller) to intimate the concerned Regional Transport officer by sending form 29 and transferee (buyer) to apply and obtain transfer of ownership within 14 days of the actual transaction. ( Delivery note, sale receipt have no relevance as far as section 50 of motor vehicle act governing transfer of ownership is concerned). Also the intimation on the part of the seller will not facilitate the noting of transfer of ownership in the records. The transaction will recorded in the certificate of registration only when both seller (transferor) and transferee intimate the registering authority.
for details see forms and procedures.
Noting of Change of address in the certificate of registration :
Whenever there is change of residence of the registered owner it is mandatory to intimate the registering authority, in form 33 within 30 days of such change.
for details see forms and procedures.
Renewal of Registration
All non transport vehicles which have completed 15 years of age shall obtain renewal of registration certificate. The certificate shall be renewed for a period of five years. the application shall be made in form 25. (rule 52 of CMVRules.)
for details see forms and procedures.
Necessity of Insurance
No person shall use or cause or allow any other person to use a motor vehicle in public place, unless there is in force a policy of insurance. In case of vehicle being used without valid insurance the owner of the vehicle shall be liable to pay fine (Sec 146)
for details of fines see fines under sec 200
Duty to produce documents
The Driver of a motor vehicle shall produce the following documents on demand when demande by an police officer in uniform on any officer of the motor vehicles department .
- Drivinglicence
- Tax paid Proof
- Certificate of Registration.
- Certificate of insurance.
- certificate of fitness, Permit in case of Transport vehicle
The driving licence, taxpaid proof, certificate of registration shall be produced on demand.
If the registered owner or the person in possession of the vehicle at the checking is not in possession of certificates of fitness ,permit and insurance It shall be sufficient if the same are produced within fifteen days from the date of demand. (Sec 130 read with rule 139)
Failure to comply with the above shall be liable to fines under sec 200.
Disobedience of orders,obstruction,and refusal of information:
Whoever wilfully disobeys any direction lawfully given by a person empowered under this act, causes obstruction in discharge of any function or refuses any information or gives false information shall be punishable with a fine of Rs 500/- or with imprisonment of a term which may extend upto one month or with both. (sec 179)
Programmes &
Road Safety
Noise Pollution
Air Pollution
Schemes
SCP-TSC
Facilities/Services provided by the department & procedure to get facilities/services.
REGISTRATION SECTION – TRANSPORT VEHICLES
1.101 NEW REGISTRATION
1.102 TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
1.103 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE RC
1.104 RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
1.105 CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN REGION
1.106 CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN STATE
1.107 CHANGE OF ADDRESS OUT SIDE STATE
1.108 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP WITHIN REGION
1.109 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP WITHIN STATE
1.110 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OUTSIDE STATE
1.111 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP – DEATH
1.112 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP -PUBLIC AUCTION (WITH REGN.MARK)
1.113 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP -PUBLIC ACTION (WITHOUT REGN.MARK)
1.114 HYPOTHECATION ENTRY
1.115 HYPOTHECATION TERMINATION
1.116 ALTERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE (PERMISSION)
1.117 ALTERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE (NOTING)
1.118 ISSUE OF CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
1.119 ISSUE OF NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE
1.120 APPLICATION FOR CANCELLATION OF RC
1.121 FRESH RC TO FINACNIER
1.122 ASSIGNMENT OF NEW REG.MARK
1.123 ISSUE OF B EXTRACT
1.124 ISSUE / RENEWAL OF TRADE CERTIFICATE
1.125 ISSUE DUPLICATE OF TRADE CERTIFICATE
1.126 SURRENDER OF RC BY OWNER
1.127 SURRENDER OF RC BY FINANCIER
1.128 RELEASE FROM SURRENDER
1.129 NOTING OF ALTERATION EFFECTED WITHOUT PERMISSION
1.130 RESERVING ADVANCE REGISTRATION NUMBERS
1.131 DUPLICATE TAX CARD
1.132 ISSUE OF SPEED PASS
1.133 H.P.CONTINUATION
1.134 GVR FEES
1.135 LEASE AGREEMENT
1.136 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSACTIONS/RECORDING
2. REGISTRATION SECTION – NON-TRANSPORT VEHICLES
2.101 NEW REGISTRATION
2.102 TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
2.103 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE RC
2.104 RENEWAL OF RC
2.105 CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN REGION
2.106 CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN STATE
2.107 CHANGE OF ADDRESS OUT SIDE STATE
2.108 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP WITHIN REGION
2.109 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP WITHIN STATE
2.110 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OUTSIDE STATE
2.111 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP – DEATH
2.112 TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP – PUBLIC AUCTION (WITH REGN.MARK)
2.113TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP-PUBLIC AUCTION(WITHOUT REGN.MARK) 2.114 HYPOTHECATION ENTRY
2.115 HYPOTHECATION TERMINATION
2.116 ALTERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE (PERMISSION)
2.117 ALTERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE (NOTING)
2.118 ISSUE OF CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
2.119 ISSUE OF NOC
2.120 APPLICATION FOR CANCELLATION OF RC
2.121 FRESH RC TO FINACNIER
2.122 ASSIGNMENT OF NEW REG.MARK
2.123 ISSUE OF B EXTRACT
2.124 ISSUE / RENEWAL OF TRADE CERTIFICATE
2.125 ISSUE DUPLICATE OF TRADE CERTIFICATE
2.126 SURRENDER OF RC BY OWNER
2.127 SURRENDER OF RC BY FINANCIER
2.128 RELEASE FROM SURRENDER
2.129 RESERVING ADVANCE REGISTRATION NUMBERS
2.130 ISSUE OF TAX CARD
2.131 MASTER PASS
2.132 H.P.CONTINUATION
2.133 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSACTIONS/RECORDING
3.PERMIT SECTION
3.101 ISSUE OF FRESH PERMIT
3.102 RENEWAL OF PERMIT
3.103 ENDORSEMENT OF TRANSFER OF PERMIT
3.104 ENDORSEMENT OF TRANSFER OF PERMIT ( DEATH)
3.105 ENDORSEMENT OF REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLE
3.106 ENDORSEMENT OF VARIATION OF CONDITION OF PERMIT
3.107 RECORDING OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS IN THE PERMIT
3.108 CANCELLATION OF PERMIT
3.109 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE PERMIT
3.110 NOTING OF RE-ASSIGNMENT OF VEHICLE IN THE PERMIT
3.111 RENEWAL OF AUTHORISATION
3.112 ISSUE OF TEMPORARY PERMIT
3.113 ISSUE OF SPECIAL PERMIT
3.114 CERTIFiED COPIES (PERMIT)
3.115 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSACTIONS/RECORDING
4.
DRIVING LICENCE SECTION
4.100 ISSUE OF LEARNER’S LICENCE
4.101 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE LEARNER’S LICENCE
4.102 CHANGE OF ADDRESS IN LL WITHIN REGION
4.103 CHANGE OF ADDRESS IN LL OUTSIDE REGION
4.201 ISSUE OF DRIVING LICENCE
4.202 ADDITION OF NEW CLASS OF VEHICLE TO DL (AEDL)
4.203 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE DL
4.204 RENEWAL OF DL
4.205 CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN REGION (DL)
4.206 CHANGE OF ADDRESS OUTSIDE REGION (DL)
4.207 ISSUE OF DL TO IDP HOLDERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES/DEFENCE
PERSONNEL
4.208 ENDORSEMENT TO DRIVE VEHICLE CARRG HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
& GOODS
4.209 ISSUE OF DRIVER’S BADGE FOR STAGE CRG. & CC.
4.210 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE DRIVERS BADGE
4.211 DL-EXTRACT
4.212 ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMIT – IDP
4.213 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSACTIONS/RECORDING
4.301 ISSUE OF CONDUCTOR LICENCE WITH BADGE
4.302 RENEWAL OF CONDUCTOR LICENCE
4.303 CHANGE OF ADDRESS IN CL
4.304 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE CONDUCTOR LICENCE
4.305 ISSUE OF DUPLICATE CONDUCTOR BADGE
4.306 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSACTIONS/RECORDING
4.401 ISSUE/RENEWAL OF DRIVING SCHOOL LICENCE
DSA SECTION
5.1DSA COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
5.2SUSPENSION OF PERMIT
TREASURY SECTION
COLLECTION OF FEES PERTAINING TO:
6.101 VEHICLE REGISTRATION
6.102 DRIVING LICENCE
6.103 PERMIT
6.104 DSA
6.105 FITNESS CERTIFICATE COLLECTION OF TAX
6.201 UNDER PART A & B OF TAXATION SCHEDULE
6.304 ISSUE OF CREDIT CERTIFICATE
FITNESS CERTIFICATE
7.101 GRANT OF FITNESS CERTIFICATE
7.102 RENEWAL OF FITNESS CERTIFICATE
7.103 DUPLICATE FITNESS CERTIFICATE
8.
MISCELLANEOUS
8.101 CERTIFIED COPIES (REGN.TRANSPORT)
8.102 CERTIFIED COPIES (REGN.NON-TRANSPORT)
8.103 CERTIFIED COPIES (D.L.)
8.104 CERTIFiED COPIES (PERMIT)
8.105 CERTIFIED COPIES (DSA)
8.106 CERTIFIED COPIES (FC))
8.107 VEHICLE INSPECTION CHARGES (FC)
8.111 ETC LICENCE
8.112 DESIGN APPROVAL
Important Notification, Circulars.
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Short title, extent and commencement
(1) These rules may be called the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) They shall extend to the whole of the State of Karnataka.
(3) They shall come into force on the First day of July, 1989.
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Definitions
.-In these rules unless the context otherwise re-quires,-
(a) “Act” means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);
Central Rules
” means the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989;
Commissioner”
means the Commissioner for Transport appointed as such by the State Government;
“ Deputy Commissioner”
means any officer appointed by the State Government to be a Deputy Commissioner for transport for a division;
“ Division”
means a division notified by the State Government for the purpose of the Act and the rules made there under;
“ Form”
means a form appended to the Act, Central Rules and these rules:
“Government”
means the Government of Karnataka;
“Ghat Road”
means a road notified as such by the state Government;
Inspector of Motor Vehicles
means any officer appointed to perform the functions of an inspector of Motor Vehicles under these rules and includes a Senior Inspector of Motor Vehicles;
“Joint Commissioner
” means Joint Commissioner of transport appointed as such by the State Government;
“Passenger”
mean any person traveling in a public service vehicle other than the driver or the conductor or an employee of the permit holder while on duty;
”Region”
means the territorial jurisdiction of a Regional transport Authority;
“Regional Transport Officer”
means any officer appointed by the State Government to perform the duties and functions of a Regional Transport Officer under these rules and includes an Assistant Regional Transport Officer;
“Section”
means a section of the Act;
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Appointment of Licensing Authorities
(1) The officers appointed as the Regional Transport Officers shall be the Licensing Authorities to exercise powers and discharge duties and functions under the Act within their respective jurisdictions.
(2) All the Regional Transport Officers shall be under the administrative control of the Deputy Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and the Commissioner.
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Conduct and hearing of appeal
(1) The authority to hear appeals under sub-section (8) of Section 9, sub-section (2) of Section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 19 of the Act shall be 3[the Joint Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of the jurisdiction, as the case may be]. In case 4[the Joint Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner of the jurisdiction, as the case may be] himself has passed the order in some other capacity, against his order the appeal shall lie to the Commissioner.
(2) The appeals specified under sub-rule (1), shall be preferred in duplicate in the form of a memorandum of facts setting forth concisely the grounds of objections to the order under appeal, and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of such order and the process fee or rupees five.
(3) Every memorandum of appeal shall be affixed with a court-fee stamp of rupees forty.
(4) In every appeal preferred, a notice shall be issued to the authority against whose order such appeal is preferred in the form specified by the Commissioner.
(5) The appellate authority passing the order may give to the person interested in such order a certified copy of the order, memorandum of appeal or any other document on payment of a fee of fifty paise in cash for every 100 words or fraction thereof, subject to a minimum of rupees five and the receipt of such payment shall be attached to the application.
(6) The appellate authority after giving an opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and after such further enquiry, as it may deem necessary, may confirm, vary or set aside the order appealed against.
(7) The appellate authority may, when remanding the case for further enquiry, direct the stay of proceedings pending such enquiry.
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Replacement of obsolete photographs
(1) if at any time, it appears to a licensing authority that the photograph affixed on the driving license has ceased to bear the clear likeness of the holder the licensing authority may require the holder of such license to surrender the same forthwith along with two clear copies of recent photograph. If the holder fails to comply with the same the driving license shall cease to the valid from the date of receipt of such requisition to furnish above photographs.
(2) On receipt of the copies of such photograph, the licensing authority shall remove the old photograph from the license, affix the new photograph, seal the same and return the driving license to the applicant. If he is not the licensing authority who had issued the license, then he shall forward the second copy of the photograph to the licensing authority who had originally issued such license.
(3) When a new photograph is affixed to a driving license a note shall be made on the photograph regarding the date of such affixture.
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Licencelost, mutilated or destroyed.
1) If at any time, a driving licence is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the holder of such licence shall forthwith intimate such fact in writing in Form KMV 1 to the licensing authority having jurisdiction over the area in which he has his place of residence at the time specifying the particulars of loss, mutilation or, destruction.
(2) On receipt of such intimation the licensing authority, shall, after making such enquiries, as it may deem fit, if satisfied that duplicate licence has to be issued, it may issue such duplicate licence.
(3) Where the driving licnece concerned was issued by some other licensing authority, the particulars of the driving licence and of any endorsement thereon shall be obtained from that authority before issuing the duplicate driving licnece and intimation of issue of such duplicate licence shall be sent to the other licensing authority.
(4) Where subsequent to the issue of duplicate driving license, if it is found that there has been an endorsement of conviction by a court since the date of grant of last renewal of licence, it shall be lawful for the licensing authority to call for such duplicate licence and make necessary endorsement to that effect thereon.
(5) The holder of driving licence shall furnish to the licensing authority two clear copies of recent photograph of himself, one of which shall be affixed to the duplicate driving licence and the other shall be transmitted to the authority by whom the driving licence was issued.
(6) When a duplicate driving licence has been issued on the ground that the driving licence was lost, and the original driving licence was found later, then the holder of such driving licence shall return the duplicate driving licence to the licensing authority, who has issued such duplicate driving licence.
(7) Any other person finding a driving licence shall hand over the same to the nearest licensing authority. On receipt of such driving license, the licensing authority shall restore such driving licence to the licensee in case, the duplicate driving licence has not been issued, and shall substitute it for the duplicate in case duplicate licence has already been issued.
(8) If at any time a learner’s licence is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the holder of such licence shall forthwith intimate such fact in writing in Form KMV 1-A to the licensing authority which issued such licence specifying the particulars of less, mutilation or destruction. On receipt of such intimation the licensing authority shall after making such enquiries as it may deem fit, if satisfied that the duplicate licence has to be issued, it amy issue such duplicate learner’s licence. It shall be clearly stamped as DUPLICATE in red ink. The fee for issue of duplicate learner’s licence shall be rupees fifteen.
(9) If at any time it appears to a licensing authority that, a driving licence held by any person is torn or defaced, in any way as to cease to reasonably legible, or if the license is completely written-up and there is no space for making fresh endorsement, the licensing authority may impound the driving licence and issue a duplicate licence.
6-A.Issue of Computer Image PVC card driving licence and payment of fees
.-Where the licensing authority has the necessary apparatus for the issue of a PVC card driving licnce in Form 7 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, and the applicant desires to have the computer image PVC card driving licnece, he may present himself before the licensing authority on such date, place and time as the licensing authority may appoint for taking the photograph of the applicant and shall pay a non-refundable fee of the rupees fifteen.
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Stamping of duplicate drivinglicence.
1)When a duplicate driving licence is issued, it shall be clearly stamped as “Duplicate” in red ink and shall be marked with the date of its issue and seal of the licensing authority.
(2) If the licensing authority which issues a duplicate driving licence is not the authority by which the licence was issued, it shall intimate the same to the authority.
(3) If the licensing authority which affixes a new photograph to a duplicate driving licence is not the authority, by which the driving licence was issued, it shall forward the second copy of the photograph to that authority for record.
(4) The fee for issue of a duplicate driving licence shall be rupees fifteen.
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Authorisationin lieu of licence
(1) When the holder of a driving licence has applied for renewal of such driving licence or for the addition of such class or description of motor vehicles, or when a police officer or court or any other competent authority has taken temporary possession of a driving licence for any purpose and the driving licence has not been suspended, the licencing authority or police officer or the court or any other competent authority, as the case may be, shall furnish to him, with an authorization in Form KMV-2
(2) No such authorization shall be issued if the driving licence is renewal and returned or returned with an additional endorsement on the same day on which the application is received by the licensing authority. During such period as may be specified in the authorization, production thereof, on demand shall be deemed to be production of the driving licence.
(3) Until the licence has been returned to the holder he shall not be entitled to drive a motor vehicle without being in possession of his licence beyond the period specified in the authorization as aforesaid:
(4) The authority, court, or police officer, by which the authorization is issued may, by order in writing, extend the period for which such authorization is valid.
(5) No fee shall be payable for issue of such authorization.
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Change of address
(1) The holder of a drivinglicenceshall except in the case of a temporary absence, not involving a change of residence, for a period exceeding three months, intimate in writing, any change of his temporary or permanent address recorded in the driving licence to the licensing authority by whom the licence was issued and to the authority by whom it was last renewed along with any one or more of the documents specified in Rule 4 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, as proof of his address.
(2) The holder of a licence while intimating the change in his address, shall produce his driving licence to the licensing authority, who shall there upon enter such change of address on payment of a fee of rupees twenty in the driving licence and also make a record of it in his index card.
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Verification of antecedents
(1) If the licensing authority to which the application for renewal of alicence to drive a transport vehicle is made, is not,-
(a) in the case of a first renewal, the one which has issued the licence; or
(b) in the case of a second or subsequent renewal, the one which last renewed the licence, it shall make a reference, as the case may be, to the licensing authority which issued the licence or last renewed the licence, to ascertain whether the applicant has any antecedents of a bad record of driving.
(2) Within fourteen days from the receipt of the reference under sub-rule (1), the licensing authority receiving it shall verify the antecedents and send a reply to such reference, a specifying the particulars of antecedents, if any. On receipt of the reply or if no reply is received within the period specified and after the expiry of such period, the licensing authority to which the application for renewal has been made may, after such verification as may be deemed necessary, proceed to dispose of the application.
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Intimation of renewals and endorsement.
(1) A licensing authority adding under Section 11 of the Act to the classes of motor vehicles which a drivinglicenceauthorizes the holder to drive, shall, if it is not the authority by whom the driving licence was issued, inform of such addition to that authority in Form KMV-3.
(2) A licensing authority, renewing a driving licence shall, as required by sub-section (6) of Section 15, inform such renewal in Form KMV 4 to the licensing authority by whom the driving licence was issued, and to the licensing authority by whom it was last renewed.
(3) The court making or causing to be made an endorsement on a driving licence under Section 24, shall send intimation in Form KMV 5 to the licensing authority by whom the driving licence was issued, and to the licensing authority by whom it was last renewed.
(4) The court may, while making an endorsement under Section 24, seize the badge attached to the driving licence and forward it to either of the licensing authorities mentioned in sub-rule (1).
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Driver’s badge.
(1)No person shall drive or cause or allow any other person to drive a stage carriage or contract carriage, unless the person so driving or allowed to drive, holds a driver’s badge. The badge shall be of a triangular shape in the case of a driver of a motor cab or anautorickshaw-cab, and of a circular shape in the case of drivers of other vehicles.
(2) The application for a badge shall be in Form KMV 6 and it shall be accompanied by a fee of [rupees twenty-five] in treasury challan.
(3) Where the licensing authority issuing the badge is not the authority which granted the driving licence, it shall intimate the same to the licensing authority which had issued the driving licence in Form KMV 7.
(4) The driver of a public service vehicle shall while on duty display his driver’s badge on his breast.
(5) No driver shall at any time hold more than one driver’s badge.
(6) No person shall hold or use any badge that is not issued to him and no person shall lend or transfer the badge issued to him to any other person.
(7) The badge granted under these rules shall be valid throughout the State
(8) If at any time, the driver is disqualified from driving a transport vehicle if his driving licence is revoked by any authority or court, or ceases to be effective, the driver shall forthwith surrender the badge to the authority by which it was issued.
(9) The fee for the issue of a badge shall be [rupees twenty-five. If the badge is lost or destroyed, a duplicate badge shall be issued by the authority by which it was issued on an application made in Form KMV 8 accompanied by a fee of [rupees twenty-five.
(10) If the badge that had been lost is subsequently found, it shall be surrendered to the licencing authority, of the region.
12-A. Fee payable for issue of Medical Certificate.
-The fee payable excluding the labouratory charges, if any, for a Medical Certificate, referred to in sub-section (3) of Section 8 of the Act, shall not exceed rupees twenty including charges for visiting test also.
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Duties and conduct of driver of transport vehicle
.-The driver of a transport vehicle while on duty,-
(a) Shall, as far as may be reasonably possible, having regard to his duties, be responsible for the due observance of the provisions of the Act and the rules framed thereunder;
(b) shall not smoke;
(c) Shall behave in a civil and orderly manner with passengers, intending passengers, considgnaors and consignees of goods;
(d) shall wear clean dress and in the manner prescribed;
(e) shall maintain the vehicle in a clean and sanitary conditions:
(f) shall not solicit custom save in a civil and quiet manner and shall not shout in order to attract a customer;
(g) shall not interfere with persons, mounting or preparing to mount any other vehicle;
(h) Shall not cause or allow to enter into or to be placed or carried in the vehicle, persons whom he knows or has reason to believe to the suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, or the corpse of any person whom he knows or has reason to believe to had been suffering from any such disease;
Provided that where a person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, or the corpse of any such person has been carried in a public service vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall be responsible to report the fact of such carriage to the medical officer in charge of the nearest municipal, local board or Government dispensary, and to the owner of the vehicle, and neither the owner nor the driver shall cause or allow any person to use the vehicle until the driver and the vehicle have been disinfected in such manner as the said medical officer may specify and a certificate to this effect has been obtained from the said medical officer.
(i) Shall not cause or allow any person, animal or thing to be placed or to be in the space reserved for the driver’s seat in accordance with these rules of otherwise in such a way as to impede him form having a clear vision of the road, or proper control of the vehicle;
(j) shall, subject to any rules or regulations in force prohibiting the taking in or setting down of passengers at or except at certain specified places, bring the vehicle to rest for a sufficient period of time in a safe and convenient position upon the demand and signal of the conductor or of any passenger desiring to alight from the vehicle and unless there is no room in the vehicle, upon the demand or signal of any person intending to travel in the vehicle.
Note.-
The provision of this sub-rule shall not apply to the driver of a maxi-cab or motor-cab or an autorickshaw-cab.
(k) shall not, when bringing the vehicle to rest for the purpose of picking up or setting down any passenger at or near the place where another vehicle I sat rest for the same purpose, driver the driver or the conductor of the other vehicle or any person mounting or preparing to amount thereon or alighting therefrom, and shall bring the vehicle to rest in front or behind the other vehicle and on the left hand side of the road or place and shall draw it up as near the kerb as possible;
(l) shall at all times exercise all reasonable care and diligence to maintain his vehicle in a fit and proper condition and shall not knowingly driver the vehicle when it or any brake, tyre or lamp thereof is in a defective condition likely to endanger any passenger or other person or when there is not sufficient fuel in the tank of the vehicle to enable him to reach the nearest fuel filling station on the route;
(m) shall not loiter or unduly delay upon any journey but shall proceed to this destination or as near as may be in accordance with the time-table pertaining to the vehicle, or where there is no such time-table with the reasonable dispatch;
(n) shall not carry or allow any person to sit or allow any goods to be placed on the right of the driver if the vehicle is fitted with right hand steering control and on the left of the diver if the vehicle is fitted with left hand steering control;
(o) shall during the course of a journey, if the conductor absents himself, due to some emergency or sickness, perform the duties and functions of the conductor prescribed in Chapter III of the Act and the rules framed thereunder;
(p) shall not be under the influence of any intoxicating drink or drug;
(q) shall where the conductor is absent, be responsible for the proper maintenance and production of the trip sheet when demanded by a competent authority;
(r) shall be responsible for the proper exhibition or production, as the case may be, of the following documents:-
(i) Part ‘B’ of the permit or the temporary permit issued to the vehicle;
(ii) Insurance Certificate;
(iii) Registration certificate;
(iv) Fitness certificate;
(s) shall on demand by any police officer in uniform or any officer of the Motor Vehicles Department not below the rank of an inspector of Motor Vehicles produce his driving licence for inspection;
(t) shall see that no passenger is seated in the vehicle when the same is being filled with petrol or other liquid fuel;
(u) shall not demand or extract any fare or freight in excess of that which he is legally entitled to;
(v) shall keep the first-aid box intact with the medicines and equipment in readiness.
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Driver’s uniform
.-Every driver of a transport vehicle shall, while on duty, wear a uniform of the type prescribed below,-
(a) Khaki bush coat;
(b) khaki trousers:
Provided that the commissioner may by notification exempt any class of drivers of goods vehicles and drivers of tractor-trailers used for agricultural purpose from the provisions of this rule.
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Duties of drivers of goods vehicles,-In addition to the duties and functions specified in Rule 13 the drivers of goods vehicles while on duty,-
(a) shall not cause or allow any person to be carried in the cabin of the vehicle in excess of the seating capacity specified in the registration certificate;
(b) shall not carry or cause to be carried any person or passengers for hire or reward;
(c) shall not carry any animal, except in accordance with these rules;
(d) shall keep and maintain in English or Kannada or in Hindi in the goods vehicle a record in From KMV 9 which shall give in respect of each day, the information required to be recorded therein, and shall be open for inspection by any officer of the Motor Vehicles Department not below the rank of an Inspector of Motor Vehicles or any officer of the Police Department not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector of Police: and
(e) shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent the goods from being spoiled or lost on the way.
Duties of drivers of motor-cabs andautorickshaw
cabs.-In addition on the duties specified in Rule 13, the drivers of metered-taxies orautorickshaw-cabs,-
(a) Shall always park the vehicle in queue in the place notified as taxi or autorickshaw stand;
(b) shall move the cab as and when vacancies occur;
(c) shall keep the front wheels of the cab straight at a distance of not less than 30.48 centimeters from the cab immediately in from of it, and where the stand is by the side of a kerb, parallel to and not more than 30.48 centimetres from the kerb;
(d) shall not allow his cab to remain in the queue when it is disabled or when it is not immediately available for being engaged;
(e) shall not allow his cab, when it is not engaged, remain at any place other than a stand appointed for the purpose and shall not loiter for the purpose of his cab being hired in any public place;
(f) shall not prevent or attempt to prevent the first cab in the queue from being hired and shall not interfere with the persons hiring the first cab;
(g) shall in the absence of reasonable cause to the contrary, proceed to the destination named by the hirer by the shortest and quickest route;
(h) Shall not make use of his cab in connection with or for the furtherance of prostitution or act as a procurer of prostitutes nor shall allow his vehicle to be used in connection with any kind of smuggling;
(i) shall not terminate any hiring after it has been engaged and before discharged by the hirer;
(j) shall not demand or extract ny fare in excess of that which is legally due;
(k) shall not drive the vehicle or allow it to be engaged for hire, unless he is satisfied that the fare-meter is in good working order;
(l) shall not tamper with or allow any other person to tamper with the seal or working mechanism of the fare-meter;
(m) shall not set the fare-meter in motion before the vehicle is hired and shall stop the fare-meter immediately the cab arrives at the destination.
Note.
-The cab shall be considered to be hired from the time it has been engaged or when it is called from a distance from the time of such call.
(n) if he is unable to proceed further owing to any defect in the mechanism or the puncturing or bursting of the tyres of the cab, he shall at once lower the flag to “stopped” position and shall not re-start the fare-meter until such time the defect is rectified.
(o) shall not cover or obscure the face of the fare-meter under any circumstance or at any time;
(p) shall not without reasonable cause refuse to let the cab for hire when the flag is in a vertical position; and
(q) shall, except when used within the city or town or municipal limits, maintain trip sheet in duplicate in Form KMV 10 either in English or in Kannada or in Hindi. The Form KMV 10 shall be in a bound book serially numbered and shall be produced for inspection by an officer of the Motor Vehicles Department not blow the rank of an Inspector of Motor Vehicles or any Officer of the Police Department not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector of Police on demand.
If any government notifications circulars etc are in hard copy then scanned document will be uploaded by providing links
http://rto.kar.nic.in/Sakala%20services.pdf.pdf
http://rto.kar.nic.in/NOTIFICATION_one.html
http://rto.kar.nic.in/NOTIFICATION_two.html
http://rto.kar.nic.in/NOTIFICATION_three.html
http://rto.kar.nic.in/NOTIFICATION_four.html
http://rto.kar.nic.in/NOTIFICATION_five.html
All information should be in the word format & same should be copied in the CD
Hard copy of details should be attested by the department officer with seal & signature
Letter should address To
Nagendra Prasad
District Information office(DIO)
DC office,Tumakuru
My contact details
Prashanth V (District I T Consultant-Sakala)
8147161141
Regional Transport Office TUMAKURU B H Road, Tumakuru
Contact details (office Name, Designation & Landline no.)
Regional Transport Office
Regional Transport Officer
Phone Number: 0816-2278473
Assistant Regional Transport Office MADHUGIRI
GBN Road, MADHUGIRI
Contact details (office Name, Designation & Landline no.)
Assistant Regional Transport Office
Assistant Regional Transport Officer
Phone number: 08137-284222
Assistant Regional Transport Office TIPTUR
Honnavar raod, tiptur
Contact details (office Name, Designation & Landline no.)
Assistant Regional Transport Office
Assistant Regional Transport Officer
Phone number: 08134-254799