The Government notified the extension of the Validity of documents related to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 and further considered relaxation in Permit fees/taxes, etc. due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Government has provided for the availability of essential goods and has allowed vehicles for the transport of such goods or cargo and further opening up the operation of passenger transport. It had come to the notice of the Government that citizens were facing difficulties in the renewal of validity of various documents related to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 due to lock-down being at various stages in the country, and they were expected to face long queues in front of Government Transport Offices,” the government said.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had issued advisories dated 30th March 2020, 9h June 2020, 24 August 2020, and 27 December 2020 to all States and Union Territories regarding extension of validity of the documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989.
It was advised that with respect to the validity of Fitness, Permit (all types), Driving License, Registration or any other concerned document(s) whose extension of validity could not be, or was not likely to be, granted due to lock-down and which had expired since 1st of Feb, 2020, or would expire by 31 March 2021, the same may be treated to be valid till 31″ of March 2021. Enforcement authorities were advised to treat such documents as valid till 31 March 2021.
The government after taking into consideration the grim situation still continuing due to conditions for prevention of the spread of COVID-19 across the country advised that the validity of all of the above-referred documents whose extension of validity could not be, or was not likely to be, granted due to lock-down and/or COVID -19 and which had expired since 1st of Feb, 2020 or would expire by 30th June 2021, the same may be treated to be valid till 30th June, 2021. Enforcement authorities are advised to treat such documents as valid till 30th June 2021. This will help out citizens in availing of transport-related services. It may be the last advisory in this regard.
“All the States and Union Territories are requested to implement this advisory in letter and spirit so that the citizens, the transporters, and various other organizations, which are operating under this difficult time, may not get harassed and face difficulties,” the Government said.
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