Min panel to take up vehicle registration transfer issue

A Ministerial panel, comprising transport Ministers of States, would soon take a call on smooth transfer of registration of private vehicles from one state to another.
As per the existing provisions, when a vehicle is transferred to a new State and kept for more than a year, the owner has to seek new registration and pay taxes.
"A Group of Transport Ministers from States would deliberate on the matter, given the seriousness of the issue, next week," an official said.
The empowered group of Ministers had earlier passed a resolution which inter-alia, stated that no tax may be charged in the new State if the vehicle is more than two years old and where no refund has been made from the original State.

The official added that if the owner has to relocate, as per section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and if the vehicle is transferred to a new State and kept for more than 12 months, the vehicle owner has to seek new registration mark for motor and pay road tax as prescribed by the Transport Authority of the new State.
However, in case the owner has paid life-time motor vehicle tax in the previous State, he may seek a refund of the road tax on pro-rata basis from that state in the event of transfer to other state, the official said.

"Realising the seriousness of the problem, the matter would be deliberated by the empowered group of State Transport Ministers so that transfer of registration could be ensured smoothly," the official said.