S.O.95_The Jammu and Kashmir Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Rules, 1991.

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EXTRAORDINARY

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

लद्दाख, 18 अगस्त, 2025

LADAKH, MONDAY, AUGUST, 18, 2025

Part II - Section 3

के न्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशासन ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

Ladakh, the 30th of July, 2025.

S.O.95.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 65, 211 and 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, in its application to the Union territory of Ladakh, and all other enabling provisions in this behalf, the Administration of the Union territory of Ladakh hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Motor Vehicle Rules, 1991(hereinafter referred to as the "said Rules"), namely, —

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Rules, 1991.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment to Rule 44.— In the sub-rule (1), second proviso shall be substituted by the following, namely:—

"Provided further that inspection for fitness of public service vehicle whose age is more than 15 years from the date of manufacture shall be carried out twice a year (half yearly). The full fitness fee as notified under rule 81 of CentralLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2 Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 shall be charged at the grant of first fitness certificate during the year and a token fee of Rs. 100/- shall be charged for carrying out second six-monthly fitness inspection of the vehicle, with all record in online mode.".

2. Amendment to Rule 55.— The first proviso shall be substituted by the following namely:—

"Provided that the procedure for allotment of vanity number shall be as under:—

(i) The registration fee for e-auction will be Rs. 1000/- and the registration fee including the reserve price of the number shall be paid online for all the categories. The amount of registration fee i.e., Rs. 1000/- shall be non-refundable and registration shall be deemed to be complete only after the successful payment.

(ii) The Registering Authority shall charge one-time Special Registration Fee (SRF) for allotment of a Special Registration Mark (SRM) to a motor vehicle, in addition to the registration fee, prescribed under 81 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. In each registration series, the mode of allotment of Special Registration Fee (SRF), rate of Special Registration Fee (SRF) and the multiples of increase in the bid value shall be governed by the category of special registration mark as tabulated below:—

(iii) After successful registration on e-auction platform, the vehicle owner shall have an option to bid for the choice registration mark in any registration marks series available with the registration authorities of theLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3 Union Territory of Ladakh. The owner of the vehicle shall be restricted to bid for only one choice of registration mark for each vehicle.

(iv) The citizen has provision to choose online, desired registration mark of choice. If the application shows availability of desired registration mark of choice in the RTO/ARTO series, then the applicant can select the registration mark of choice and deposit Rs.1000/- and the reserve price of the number online to reserve the number for e-auction. Once, the applicant successfully makes payment of Rs.1000/- and the reserve price of the number, the desired registration mark of choice will be blocked from the concerned RTO/ARTO series for the e-auction period. If the number is not allotted to anybody, the same will be returned back to RTO/ARTO series.

(v) After the completion of the online auction process, the highest bidder shall have 10 days to deposit his 100% bid amount through online mode, else, registration number shall be forfeited and will be available for the Auction again.

(vi) In case of more than one applicant applying at minimum reserve price and where no further incremental bid is made by any of these applicants, the registration number of his choice will be allotted to the first applicant. Further, if there is only one applicant, choice registration number shall be allotted at minimum special registration fee (SRF) mentioned in the notification.

(vii) After successful bidder has deposited the 100% bid amount within the stipulated period, the e-auction platform shall map the choice registration number with the registration application (chassis number and engine number) at the respective registering authority. Application for e-auction will be processed by the applicant through VAHAN registration application number generated at RTO/ARTO or dealer end.".

By order of the Administrator (Lieutenant Governor), Union territory of Ladakh.

Sd/-

Bhupesh Chaudhary (IAS)

Administrative Secretary (Transport)

Transport Department Copy for information to the:

1. All Administrative Secretaries

2. Director General of Police, UT Ladakh

3. Deputy Commissioner, Leh /Kargil

4. Sr. Superintendent of Police, Leh/Kargil

5. RTO, Ladakh.

6. ARTO, Leh/Kargil.

7. OSD to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, UT Ladakh.

8. OSD to Chief Secretary, UT Ladakh

9. In charge website, NIC, for uploading the notification the official gazette.

Ravi Shanker (JKAS)

Deputy Secretary

Transport DepartmentLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4

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