Srinagar, 23-May; Despite informing the court that any resident of J&K has to re-register the vehicle if the same is registered outside the Union Territory, the Transport Department is yet to initiate the procedure leaving common people to face severe inconvenience for none of their fault.As per a circular issued by RTO Kashmir on 27-03-2022 it was made mandatory that all those vehicles which have Non-local registration and are purchased outside the UT of Jammu and Kashmir must be re-registered within 15 days in J&K as per the Motor Vehicle Act and Central Motor Vehicle Rules and levying token tax on them.Accordingly people of different sectors, who had purchased such vehicles outside the UT of Jammu and Kashmir approached the concerned RTO offices for re-registration of such vehicles, however the process of paper work for registration was initiated in such offices and necessary documents were received from the owners of such vehicles, but till date none of the re-registration was successfully accomplished by any of the RTO’s in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.“This is perhaps because of the fact that as per the statement of Commissioner Secretary to the Transport department, there is presently no provision under which the department can realize “tax again” on a motor vehicle on which a life time tax has already been paid in other State, thus there seems a sort of deadlock in the Department for re-registration of such vehicle”, said one of the owner.Meanwhile, the owners are in a state of desolation, as in every nook and corner of the UT, they are being fined hefty amounts by the Traffic Police and many a times such vehicles are also being seized for want of re-registration.As such it is high time when Transport department and Traffic Police should correlate their activities for decisive conclusion of re-registration process of Non-local registered /outside purchased vehicles.(CNS)
