Vehicle Registration Process Hyderabad

Residing in one of the major cities in India can be pain at times. It’s pretty unlike your native home town where you can always manage to find some distant relative in a particular department and get the work done without any trouble. This is exactly where so called "Agents" comes into role in Hyderabad. From rentals to train tickets and from license to passport they play as our "Deus ex machina". But sometimes they are blood sucking parasites asking mind boggling sums of money for the simplest of tasks. And we self sufficient and lazy intellectuals give in to their absolutely inappropriate demands.
Very recently I bought a new vehicle and I needed to file its permanent registration. The agents asked me varying sums of money, most likely depending on my appearance. I think they asked Rs.2000/- when I just woke up and met one of them at 8AM in the morning and Rs.3000 - Rs.3500 when called them to my office. To my surprise the actual fee for filing permanent registration of a four wheeler was only Rs.650. The agent was basically asking rest of the amount for my ignorance, impatience and laziness. So I gave the task a try myself and trust me it wasn't painful at all. Here is the course of actions required to get your permanent vehicle registration done.

1. There are n number of RTAs in Hyderabad. The office that I visited was RTA Kondapur.

2. Required forms to submit:
a. Form 20 – 1 original (1 more copy if the vehicle is financed from other party e.g. bank etc.)
b. Form 22 – Original (Declaration from the manufacturer that the bought vehicle is as per the standards)
c. Form 21 – Original (Sales certificate)
d. Temporary registration slip - Original
e. Life tax receipts – Original
f. Vehicle Invoice from showroom – Original
g. Insurance certificate – photocopy
h. Date of birth proof (Passport/PAN/High school certificate/Birth Certificate) - photocopy
i. Address proof (Passport/Ration Card/Electricity Bill/LIC certificate/Bank statement of last six months attested by the bank manager) – photocopy (Attested copy in case of Bank statement)
j. Self addressed envelope (Will be used by RTA people to send your RC)

3. Please ensure that the dealer provides you a,b,c,d,e,f from the above list. Also collect the insurance note from dealer as sometimes it takes time for insurance people to deliver the insurance policy certificate.
4. Take all the forms as listed in point 2 and submit it to the respective window counter.
5. After verifying the form they will take Rs.625. The officer at the window will staple the original receipt and its copy with your documents and give it back to you.
6. He will then ask you to sign on an electronic pad to put the same signatures in your RC.
7. There after you take your forms to the MVI (Motor Vehicle Inspector). Usually he is a police guy sitting outside of the registration window in an open counter.
8. Give your forms to that guy and he will ask you to put the pencil impression of your engine and chassis number on the form (Put your form on the engine/chassis number and rub your pencil on top of it to take its impression.)
9.Take it to the main RTO officer (as instructed my MVI). RTO officer will just verify the forms once again and will ask you to get the vehicle inspected by the MVI.
10. You again come back to MVI and ask him to verify the engine and chassis. MVI will come to your vehicle to match the engine/chassis numbers you have mentioned on the form.
11. That’s it. He will give you back the original receipt and you are free to go.

Couple of things to keep in mind

1. Take all the forms in original as sometimes the officers may ask to see them.
2. The physical presence of the vehicle and the person to be registered as its owner is compulsory.
3. Do not forget to take a pencil, pen and a stapler. I remember asking a pencil from a guy and he said “Sorry I can’t give it to you”. People can be real jackass in needy hours.
4. Keep proper change and give the exact amount when the fee is asked. Window counter guy really appreciated that.
5. Counter opens at 10:30 AM, so be there by 10:15. In later hours agents hog the queue. Imagine each agent submitting 10-20 forms.
6. Sometimes the MVI isn’t present, so just be patient as the inspection is done only till 2 o clock and if you come the next day for inspection than you have to pay the registration fee (Rs.625) again.
7. Be polite to the officers. After all you wouldn’t have much time to spare and those guys won’t mind spending hours for an argument.
8. We usually prefer Saturday but RTA is closed on even Saturdays of the month.
I hope the contents of the write up will help some of you.

-Anupam