Ludhiana: RTA Ludhiana has made it mandatory for officials to issue fitness certificates (FCs) for commercial vehicles only after obtaining tax clearance certificates from the section officer.
Earlier, fitness certificates were issued as per the vehicle’s information available on the department’s e-governance website. Now, the RTA office will issue fitness certificates only after getting verification certificate of clearance of pending dues.RTO Randeep Singh stated that the step is a precautionary measure to avoid any infringement and to double check if there are any dues pending against a commercial vehicle.
He said, “Although nothing is wrong with the online system as information pertaining to tax and penalties is available on it, we have set up mechanisms to double check it. Fitness certificates are given to only those commercial vehicles, which are found to be adhering to all regulations.”
Directions in this regard were issued to the officials of the Ludhiana RTA office.
“In some cases, fitness certificates were issued after just checking the tax entries and without collecting interest and penalties from the commercial vehicles. Therefore, you are directed to not issue any fitness certificate without getting tax clearance and verification from the section officer,” the directions read.
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Earlier, fitness certificates were issued as per the vehicle’s information available on the department’s e-governance website. Now, the RTA office will issue fitness certificates only after getting verification certificate of clearance of pending dues.RTO Randeep Singh stated that the step is a precautionary measure to avoid any infringement and to double check if there are any dues pending against a commercial vehicle.
He said, “Although nothing is wrong with the online system as information pertaining to tax and penalties is available on it, we have set up mechanisms to double check it. Fitness certificates are given to only those commercial vehicles, which are found to be adhering to all regulations.”
Directions in this regard were issued to the officials of the Ludhiana RTA office.
“In some cases, fitness certificates were issued after just checking the tax entries and without collecting interest and penalties from the commercial vehicles. Therefore, you are directed to not issue any fitness certificate without getting tax clearance and verification from the section officer,” the directions read.
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