The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on 12th March 2021 has notified the Draft Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules, 2021 which shall come into force from 1st April 2022.
Through this amendment, a new rule 52A that specifies non-renewal of Certificate of registration of Government Vehicles.
The motor vehicles owned by Central Government and its Departments or State/UT Governments and their Departments and the Local Government Institutions namely, the Municipal Corporations or Municipalities or Panchayats, and the State Transport Undertakings established under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 (64 of 1950) and the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), Public Sector Undertakings and Autonomous bodies with the Central Government and State Governments,
The certificate of registration shall not be renewed for the above vehicles after the lapse of fifteen years, as provided in Sub section (7) of Section 41, from the date of such certificate.
The Ministry has invited objections or suggestions to the draft rules, which shall be sent to the Joint Secretary (MVL, Transport & Toll), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001 or on the email: comments-morth@gov.in within 30 days.
