Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday extended the validity period of fitness certificate and registration certificate of the vehicles and driving licence and leaner’s licence.
An order issued by State Transport Authority (STA) stated that considering the advisory dated issued by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on September 30, the validity of following documents are extended up to October 31:
- Fitness Certificate of all motor vehicles which had expired since 1.02.2020 or would expire by 31.10.2021 will be treated as valid till 31.10.2021.
- Registration Certificate of non-transport vehicles which had expired since 1.02.2020 or would expire by 31.10.2021.
- Driving Licence which had expired since 1.02,2020 or would expire by 31.10.2021, will be treated as valid till 31.10.2021.
- Learner’s Licence which had expired since 18.03.2020 or would expire by 31.10.2021 will be treated as valid till 31.10.2021.
The STA also instructed the RTOs to configure the “advance appointment days” as 30
days and allow Driving Licence test for all working days. Learner’s Licence holders can apply at any nearest RTO office, if slots are not available in the concerned RTO.
Besides, the permits of goods carriage, contract carriage, private service vehicle and educational institution bus which had expired since 1.02.2020 or would expire by 31.10.2021, will be treated as valid till 31.10.2021.
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