- (1) These rules may be called the All India Tourist Vehicles Authorisation and Permit Rules, 2020.
- (2) They shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
- (3) The conditions prescribed in rules 82 to 85A of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 shall not apply to the permits granted under these rules.
- (a) “Act” means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
- (b) “authorisation means an authority granted by the Transport Authority to enable tourist vehicles operator to ply tourist vehicle throughout the territory of India subject to payment of taxes or fees, if any, levied by the State or Union territory through which it ply;
- (c) “Form” means a Form appended to these rules;
- (d) “permit” means a permit issued by the Transport Authority to enable a tourist vehicle operator to ply tourist vehicle throughout the territory of India without payment of taxes or fee levied by any State of Union territory through which it ply;
- (e) “Transport Authority” means the State Transport Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 68 of the Act.
- (a) Registration Certificate of the Vehicle (s);
- (b) proof of registered address;
- (c) copy of PAN card/TIN Number whichever is applicable;
- (d) GST certificate;
- (3) An application for grant of permit or renewal of permit for a tourist vehicle, shall be made to the Transport Authority in Form 1A and shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely-
- (a) Valid authorisation/ Authorisation application number;
- (b) Regsitration Certificate of the Vehicle;
- (c) Valid fitness certificate;
- (d) Valid insurance certificate;
- (e) Valid Pollution Under Check (PUC) certificate.
Provided that in case where the Transport Authority is other than the actual Transport Authority in which the operator has registered address or the vehicle is registered, an additional charge of Rs. 100 in case of authorisation and Rs. 1000 in case of permit shall be charged for issuance of authorisation or permit, as the case may be.
- (1) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1) of rule 3, the concerned Transport Authority may fix a date for inspection of the documents in case of permit to ensure that the vehicle is compliant with these rules and road worthy.
- (2) If the application made under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 is incomplete and not accompanied by fee specified in rule 5, the Transport Authority may reject the application for reasons to be recorded in writing:
Provided that before rejecting an application, an opportunity shall be given to the applicant to cure the defects in the application.
Provided that, in case of diesel vehicles registered in the National Capital Region of Delhi, permit shall not be granted after completion of ten (10) years from the date of first registration.
|
Authorisation (Fee in rupees) |
AC Permit (Fee in rupees) |
Non-AC Permit (Fee in rupees) |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
Less than 9 |
1000 |
25,000 |
15,000 |
Ten or more but less than 23 |
1500 |
75,000 |
50,000 |
23 or more |
2500 |
3,00,000 |
2,00,000 |
- (1) The fee paid towards authorization or permit, as the case may be, shall be remitted on a monthly basis to the jurisdictional State.
- (2) The permit fee collected under rule 5 shall be distributed among the States and Union territories as per the formula given below:
SR = SS x (Actual revenue for the month for the country)SRn = Actual State Revenue for the month for nth StateSSn = State share of nth State= Total revenue for each State for preceding three financial yearsTotal revenue of the all the States/ UTs for preceding three financial years
- (1)The authorization or permit, as the case may be, shall be valid throughout the India.
- (2) The authorization or permit, as the case may be, shall be used for the transport of passengers individually or in a group, along with their personal luggage.
- (3) No individual or a group of individuals, shall use the vehicle for the transport of passengers individually or in a group, unless they have a valid authorization or permit, as the case may be, in electronic form or otherwise in their physical possession.
- (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-rule (2), authorisation or permit, as the case may be, shall not be transferable from one person to another except with the permission of the jurisdictional Transport Authority.
- (2) Where the ownership of the vehicle granted authorisation or permit, as the case may be, may be transferred due to death of the owner, the prospective owner or successor, as the case may be, shall use the authorisation or permit, as the case may be, after getting necessary changes of ownership by the jurisdictional Transport Authority within a month from death.
Provide that the Transport Authority may entertain an application after the expiry of one month, if it is satisfied that the applicant was prevented from making an application within the specified time.
- (1)Every tourist vehicle operator holding an authorisation and permit, shall maintain record of the passengers, including journey details, for a minimum period of one year and these record shall be made available to the jurisdictional Transport Authority or any other law enforcement officer on demand.
- (2) No record of the passenger shall be shared with any other person or organisation or company.
- (1) Uses or causes or allows a vehicle to be used in contravention to the provisions of these rules or the Act, as the case may be;
- (2) Ceases to own the vehicle covered by authorization or permit, as the case may be;
- (3) obtained the authorization or permit by fraud or misrepresentation;
- (4) acquires the citizenship of any foreign country.
- (1) refusal to issue authorization or permit, as the case may be, under sub-rule (3) of rule 4; or
- (2) suspension or cancellation of authorization or permit, as the case may be, or any variation of the condition thereof; or
- (3) order of refusal to transfer the authorization or permit, as the case may be, under rule 8 or rule 9 of these rules; or
- (4) order of refusal to renew the authorization or permit, as the case may be, may within a period of thirty days from the date on which the said order is received by the applicant, appeal to the State Transport Authority, who shall give a decision thereon after giving such person an opportunity of being heard.