Inter-State Travel Formalities

I plan to drive my Car from Mumbai to Hyderabad during the end of this month (Dec 2006). I shall appreciate if you can answer the following questions in this context. Background Information. Car Registration : Mumbai. Registration Type : Individual (non-tourist, non-Permit). Octroi : Fully Paid (Mumbai). One Time Tax : Fully Paid (Mumbai). Insurance : Comprehensive and Valid. Clarifications required : 1. States crossed in the journey : Maharashtra --> Karnataka --> Andhra Pradesh. Q1. Am I required to pay any Tax at the Inter-State Borders (MH / KA & KA / AP) during transit so as to become eligible to drive in Karnataka & AP, during the tenor of my trip? (OR) Do my Vehicle Documents registered in Mumbai suffice? 2. I shall be in Hyderabad for about 3-4 days. Q1. Should I pay any RTO Charges for using my car in Hyderabad? Q2. The PUC of my Car is made in Mumbai (and valid till about Apr 2007). Am I required to get a new PUC check done at Hyderabad?

Hi,

1. No! You can drive a car in any other state for as long as three months without paying any taxes. Your car is very much eligible to be driven in any part of India for a limited period of time. Your documents of Mumbai will be more than sufficient.

2. Neither you need to pay any taxes to RTO nor you need to get new PUC certificate for Hyderabad. The PUC certificate of Mumbai is sufficient for any city of India, Bangalore or Hyderabad are no exceptions.

We have a suggestion for you. If you are carrying photo-copies of original documents then its better to get them attested by some gazetted officer  before travelling. Though its not required in most of the cases, but still its good to have. If you are carrying original documents then you need not do anything.



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I checked AP Motor Vehicle's act but couldn't find the "3 month" restriction there.
Sharma Ji, thanks for the valuabale information !

I'm using a new car in Hyderabad.
The car is not registered in Andhra Pradesh and is here on a temporarily basis.
I wish to use the car here for about 6 months in Hyderabad before taking it back.

1. What legal formalities should be done in case I keep it here for more than 3 months?
2. and what would be the cost involved?

Thanks in advance.

Ashish.

Can somone pleeeeeeeease throw some light

Ashish.

Just travelled from Bangalore to Kolkata and back. We had to pay Road Tax for Orissa on our return path for 6 months, amounting to Rs.800/-. Although I have not found any record on the net for this Tax, but they did give (me and numerous others) a valid chalan. Surprisingly, we were not charged when we entered Orissa from AP, but only on our return. 

They also claimed that AP, Tamilnadu and Karnataka charge the same as well (from Nov,08) but there was no such thing when we crossed each border on the NH5.

Advice will be to check before starting, ideally travelers through a state are not required to pay, but they will try and corn you. Beware.

RTO rules vary from state to state drastically.

Das

Interstate travellers are sitting ducks for traffic cops, to fleece them as they (cops) please, because it is guaranteed that they (travellers) won't contest a claim and seek a magistrate date.

I hate this predatory attitude by traffic cops, other cops (Plainclothes police too issue challans from time to time based on their 'target' requirements). I an almost bet the entire challan book is fake. And who is to audit/question the cops!

Either ways RTO rules are a quagmire of gotchas for those who dig to see if they are 100% PC. I don't, and won't go that way.

True. But when stuck and lost in Chennai while going, its the Traffic Cops who actually gave us an escort till NH5 and help us get out of the city. While stuck in Rajahmundri, again it was the traffic cops who directed us back on the highway.

Not all of them are bad. Some are.