Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules 1989
(1) These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) They extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(3) They shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,_
(a) 'Act' means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);
(b) 'Express Stage Carriage' means:_
(i) a carriage plying on city and town routes 'non-stop' or 'with limited halts' as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(ii) a carriage plying non-stop on muffasil routes of short distances as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(iii) a carriage plying on muffasil routes with limited halts, as may be prescribed by the transport authority;
(c) 'Claims Tribunal' means a Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal constituted under Section 165 of the Act;
(d) 'Form' means a Form prescribed under the Act or Central Rules or appended to these rules;
(e) 'Government' means the Government of Andhra Prad
(1) The Licensing Authority shall be the Secretary of the respective Regional Transport Authority.
(2) The following shall be the Additional Licensing Authorities, namely :_
(i) Additional Secretaries of the respective Regional Transport Authorities as those specified in the Fourth Schedule to these rules;
(ii) The Principal (in the cadre of Regional Transport Officer) and Senior Instructors in the cadre of Motor Vehicles Inspectors) attached to the Government Driving Schools in the State;
(iii) Executive staff of Transport Department not below the rank of Asst. Motor Vehicle Inspectors in the district and Superintendents in the office of the Regional Transport Authorities;
(iv) The Deputy Commissioners of Police, the Assistant Commissioners of Police and the Inspectors of Police-in-charge of traffic in the twin-cities of Hyderabad and Secund
The licensing authority granting an authorisation or additions to driving licence shall send intimation to the authority by which the licence was issued.
If the Licensing Authority intends to reject an application for authorisation, it shall inform the reasons thereof in writing and give the applicant an opportunity to submit his reply within 10 days from the date of receipt of the Memo and then dispose of the application duly returning the driving licence.]
Upon the receipt of an application for a driving licence or for an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle, the licensing authority may make such enquiries as may reasonably be necessary to establish the identity of the applicant and to ascertain that the applicant is not disqualified or liable to be disqualified for holding a licence.
Every application for issue of a driving licence whther learner or permanent, or ahtorization to drive a transport vehicle or renewal of a driving licence or issue of duplicate driving license wherever there is change of address, or change of address in the driving licences shall have one or more of the following documents in original or relevant extracts thereof duly attested by a gazetted officer of the Central Government/State Government or an officer of a local body who is equivalent in rank of a gazetted officer of the Government to establish the identity of the application.
(a) Ration Card.
(b) Multi Purpose House Hold Card
(c) Pay slip issued by Public Sector Organization showing his office address/residential address.
(d) Municipal Tax Notice/Receipt.
(e) Bank Pass Book from any Public Sector/Private Sector/Banking Institution includi
The test of competence to drive or the test for the issue of learner's licence shall be conducted by the licensing authority or by a person authorised by such authority in that behalf.
The applicant for a driving test shall present himself for the test at such time and place as may be specified by the licensing authority or the person authorised by the licensing authority in that behalf.
Explanation :_ The fee paid shall be forfeited to Government if the applicant does not produce serviceable vehicle of the class to which the application refers and does not present himself for the test at such time and place as may be specified by the licensing authority or the person authorised by the licensing authority in that behalf.
The authority empowered to hear appeals under sub_section (8) of Section 9 or sub_section (2) of Section 17 and sub_section (3) of Section19 shall be the Deputy Transport Commissioner concerned:
Provided that the appellate authority against the orders of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority of the rank of Joint Transport Commissioner or Deputy Transport Commissioner shall be the Transport Commissioner:
Provided further that the appellate authority against the orders passed by officers of Police Department shall be the Transport Commissioner.
Any person aggrieved by an order of the licensing authority, refusing to grant an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle may, within thirty days of the receipt of the order of refusal, appeal to the Deputy Transport Commissioner concerned :
Provided that the appellate authority against the orders of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority of the rank of Joint Transport Commissioner or Deputy Transport Commissioner shall be the Transport Commissioner.
(1) An appeal under Rule 10 or an appeal under sub_section (8) of Section 9 or under sub_section (2) of Section 127 or sub_section (3) of Section 19 shall be in the form of memorandum in duplicate setting forth concisely the grounds of objection to the order appealed against and shall be accompanied by the original or certified copy of that order together with treasury receipt for rupees twenty five being the fee for appeal.
(2) The Secretary, State Transport Authority, Deputy Transport Commissioner or the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority may in his discretion, give any person interested in an appeal referred to in sub_rule (1) copies of relevant documents connected with the appeal on payment of a fee of two rupees, such payment being made by means of Court fee stamps affixed to the applications for such copy of the document.
* [(3) The appellate authority after giving an opportunity to the parties of b
The photograph of the holder when affixed to a licence shall be sealed or stamped with the seal of the licensing authority in such a manner that part of the impression of the seal or stamp is upon the photograph and part of the margin.
If, at any time, it appears to a licensing authority that the photograph affixed to the licence has ceased to be a clear likeness of the holder, the licensing authority may require the holder to appear in person with the driving licence and two clear copies of a recent photograph of himself and the holder of the driving licence shall within such period as the licensing authority may specify comply with the requisition.
Upon receipt of the copies of the photograph as provided in Rule 13, the licensing authority shall return the driving licence with the new photograph affixed thereto, duly attested after satisfying itself about the likeness of the new photograph to the holder of the licence * [within one week]
If, at any time, a licence is lost or destroyed, the holder of such licence shall forth with intimate the fact in writing to the licensing authority having jurisdiction over the area in which he has his place of residence at the time in Form LLD setting out the particulars required by that Form.
Upon receipt of intimation and application specified in Rule 15 the licensing authority shall, if satisfied after making such enquiries as it thinks fit, that a duplicate licence may properly be issued, issue a duplicate licence:
Provided that where the licence concerned was issued by some other licensing authority the particulars of the licence and of any endorsements thereon shall be obtained from that authority before issuing the duplicate licence.
Where a photograph is required to be affixed to a duplicate licence issued under the provisions of these rules, the holder of the licence shall furnish the licensing authority with three clear copies of a recent photograph of himself, one of which shall be affixed to the duplicate licence and the other shall be transmitted by the authority issuing the duplicate licence to the authority by which the licence was issued.
The fee for a duplicate licence issued under Rule 16 shall be half of the fee prescribed for issue of licence whether it is in Form 6 or Form 7 rounded to the nearest ten rupees.]
When a duplicate licence has been issued upon representation that a licence has been lost and the original licence is afterwards found by the holder it shall be delivered to the licensing authority. Any other person finding a driving licence shall deliver it to the holder of the licence or to the nearest Police Station.
(i) If at any time, it appears to a licensing authority that a licence held by any person is so torn or defaced in any way as to cease to be reasonably legible or if the licence is completely written up and there is no space for making fresh endorsements, the licensing authority may impound the licence and issue a duplicate. If a licence impounded as aforesaid is required to have a photograph of the holder affixed thereto the holder of the licence shall, on demand by the licensing authority, furnish three clear copies of a recent photograph of himself, one of which shall be affixed to the duplicate licence and sealed, and the other shall be recorded by the authority by which the licence was issued.
(ii) The fee for a duplicate licence issued under this rule shall be rupees fifteen.
When a duplicate licence is issued under these rules, it shall be clearly stamped Duplicate, in red and shall be marked with the date of issue of duplicate and the seal of the licensing authority.
(i) If the licensing authority which issues a duplicate licence is not the authority by which the licence was issued it shall intimate the fact to that authority.
(ii) If the licensing authority which affixed a new photograph to a duplicate licence is not the authority by which the licence was issued, it shall forward the second copy to that authority for record.
(1) When the holder of a licence has submitted the licence to the licensing authority for renewal or for obtain an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle and has deposited the prescribed fee, or when a police officer or any Court or other competent authority has taken temporary possession of a licence for any purpose and the licence has not been suspended, or cancelled, the licensing authority or the police officer or the Court or other competent authority, as the case may be shall furnish him with a receipt for the licence and a temporary authorisation to drive in Form L Tem., and the provision of sub_section (3) of Section 206 shall apply as if the licence had been seized under sub_section (2) of the said section:
Provided that no such temporary authorisation shall be granted if licence is renewed and returned or returned with an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle on the date on which the application is received by the
If, at any time, a learner's licence is lost or destroyed, the holder shall intimate the fact to the licensing authority by which the licence was granted.
On receipt of the intimation and applications specified for issue of learner licence, the licensing authority shall, if satisfied whether a Learner's Licence is actually issued, issue a duplicate learner licence without subjecting him for test again:
Provided that the fee for a duplicate licence shall be half of the fee prescribed for issue of learner's licence rounded to the nearest ten rupees.]
A licensing authority keeping a driving licence under clause (a) of sub_section (2) of Section 19, shall, if the licence was issued by another licensing authority intimate the fact to that authority.
The Court or authority making or causing to be made on endorsement upon a driving licence under Section 24 of the Act shall send intimation in Form L.E. to the licensing authority by which the licence was issued and to the licensing authority by which it was last renewed.
A licensing authority renewing a driving licence under the provisions of sub_section (6) of Section 15 shall intimate the fact to the licensing authority by which the licence was issued in Form L.R.A.D.
A licensing authority adding another class of motor vehicle to a licence under Section 15 shall, if it is not the authority by which the licence was issued, intimate the addition to that authority in Form LRAD.
For the purposes of the second proviso to sub_section (3) of Section 9 the recognised automobile associations shall be those which shall be notified by the Government from time to time.
(1) The holder of a licence entitling him to drive a motor vehicle shall, except in the case of a temporary absence not involving a change of residence for a period exceeding three months, report any change of his temporary or permanent address as notified on the licence at the licensing authority in whose jurisdiction he is residing and apply in Form "LCA" produce the licence alongwith the address proof and fees prescribed in order that new address may be entered therein.
(2) The Licensing Authority at which the licence is produced shall enter the new address and after collecting the fee, issue him the driving licence with new address and also communicate the new address to the licensing authority by which the licence was issued and to the licensing authority by which it was last renewed.
(3) Fee for change of address in the driving licence shall be half of the fees prescribed for issue of driving licence rou
The driver of a public service vehicle on duty,_
(i) shall not cause or allow any person, animal or thing to be placed or to be in the space reserved for the driver's seat in accordance with Rule 337 or otherwise in such a way as to impede him in having a clear vision of the road or proper control of the vehicle;
(ii) shall not shout in order to attract a passenger;
(iii) shall, subject to any rules or regulations in force prohibiting the taking up or setting down of passengers at, or except at, certain specified places, bring the vehicle to rest for a sufficient period of time in safe and convenient position (a) upon the demand or signal of the conductor or of any passenger desiring to alight from the vehicle, and (b) unless there is no room in the vehicle upon the demand or signal of any person desiring to become a passenger;
(iv) shall not, when bringing his veh
No driver of motor cab shall :_
(i) terminate the hiring of a motor cab before he has been discharged by the hirer;
(ii) demand or extract any fare in excess of that to which he is legally entitled;
(iii) allow any person to be carried in any motor cab in excess of the seating capacity specified in the permit of the vehicle; and
(iv) cover or obscure the face of a taxi meter unless any circumstances or at any time.
The driver of a public service vehicle on which there is no conductor due to certain unavoidable circumstances mentioned in Rule 72 shall be responsible for the observance of the provisions of Rule 73 and Clauses (viii) to (xi) of Rule 74.
Chapter I
Preliminary
(1) These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) They extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(3) They shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions :_ (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,_
(a) 'Act' means es >>>>...Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);
(b) 'Express Stage Carriage' means:_
(i) a carriage plying on city and town routes 'non-stop' or 'with limited halts' as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(ii) a carriage plying non-stop on muffasil routes of short distances as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(iii) a carr
The drivers at motor cab stands shall observe the following rules :_
(i) the drivers of the first two motor cabs on the stand shall stay beside their cabs and ready to be hired at once by any person provided that a hirer wishing to hire any particular cab on the stand may do so;
(ii) all motor cabs on the stand shall move up as vacancies occur;
(iii) no motor cab engaged for some further time shall remain on the stand unless the driver is writing to accept any intermediate hiring that may be offered;
(iv) no disabled motor cab shall remain on the stand unless such disablement is temporary and can be and is remedied at once;
(v) every motor cab other than motor cab referred to in clauses (iv) which is on the stand shall be ready to be hired and when its turn comes the driver shall accept the first offer of hire which may be made to him irrespe
The driver of a goods carrier while on duty :_
(i) shall not cause or allow any person, animal or thing to be placed or to be in the space reserved for the driver's seat in accordance with Rule 337 or otherwise in such a way as to impede him in having a clear vision of the road or proper control of the vehicle;
(ii) shall at all times exercise all reasonable care and diligence to maintain his vehicle in a fit and proper condition and shall not drive the vehicle when any brake, tyre or lamp thereof is in a defective condition likely to endanger any passenger or other person or when there is no sufficient fuel in the vehicle to enable him to reach the next fuelling station on the route;
(iii) shall, as far as may be reasonably possible, having regard to his duties, be responsible for the due observance of the provisions of the Act and of these rules;
(iv) shall behav
(1) The driver of a public service vehicle shall while on duty, display on his left breast a metal badge in the form illustrated in the Second Schedule to these rules issued by and inscribed with the name of the district of the authority by which an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle has been granted and the word 'Driver' together with an identification number. A badge granted under this rule shall be valid throughout at the State:
Provided that this sub_rule shall not apply to a person holding an effective driving licence authorising him to drive a motor car and is driving a motor car hired by him for his own use.
(2) A driver of a public service vehicle shall not hold more than one such badge issued by an authority in the State;
(3) A Driver's badge which was valid immediately before coming into force of these rules shall be valid for the purpose of these rules;
(1) The fee payable for issue of badge under Rule 37, shall be * [fifty rupees]. If at any time the badge is lost or destroyed, its holder shall forthwith give intimation thereof in writing to the licensing authority which issued the badge and may apply of a new badge. Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of 1[fifty rupees].
(2) Upon receipt of the application and the fee therefor the licensing authority issue a new badge.
(3) If the badge, which has been lost or destroyed, is subsequently found, it shall be surrendered to the said licensing authority.
If at any time, the authorisation on a driver's licence entitling him to drive transport vehicle is suspended or revoked by any authority or by any Court or ceases to be valid by the efflux of time, the driver shall forthwith surrender the badge to the authority by which it was issued.
No driver shall lend or transfer the badge prescribed in these rules to any person. The badge shall be produced for Inspection, when demanded by Police Officer or any officer or any Officer of Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector.
Any person finding a driver's badge shall unless he returns the same to the person whom he knows to be the holder, forthwith surrender it to any licensing authority or to any police officer.
The exemption from the payment of fee prescribed in clause (f) of sub_section (2) of Section 28 shall be as notified by the State Government from time to time.
The Authority to issue a medical certificate under sub_section (3) of Section 8 shall be a State Government Doctor of and above the rank of Assistant Civil Surgeon or as may be authorised by the Government.
The fee chargeable by the authority for issuing a medical certificate shall not exceed rupees fifteen.
(1) Each Licensing Authority in the State shall maintain a Register in respect of Driving Licences issued and renewed by it in Form 10 as prescribed under sub_rule (1) of the Rule 23 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) Each Licensing authority shall supply to the Central Government a printed copy of the Register referred to in sub_rule (1) so as to reach the Director (Transport Research), Ministry of Surface Transport, New Delhi on or before 15th April, 15th July, 15th October and 15th January of every year covering the details for the preceding period of three months and simultaneously supply a copy of the Register to Transport Commissioner.
(1) The Licensing Authority shall be the Secretary of the respective Regional Transport Authority.
(2) The Additional licensing authorities shall be the Additional Secretaries of the Regional Transport Authorities as specified in the Fourth Schedule to these rules and also the executive staff of Transport Department not below the rank of Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector in the Districts and the Superintendents in the office of the Regional Transport Authorities.
(3) The additional licensing authorities shall exercise their powers subject to the general control and guidance of licensing authorities concerned.
An application for conductor's licence shall be made in writing in Form CLA and shall be accompanied by two clear copies of a recent photograph of the applicant, the medical certificate of fitness in Form MCC and the fee prescribed.
The medical certificate referred to in Rule 47 shall be affixed with a photograph in addition to the two copies of photographs required in Rule 47. The photograph to be affixed to the medical certificate of fitness of Form MCC shall be firmly affixed and not merely pinned to the Form and the prescribed registered medical practitioner shall affix his signature or seal to the photograph in addition to signing the Form.
The Licensing Authority may decline to accept a medical certificate of fitness granted more than one month prior to the date of application for the grant of licence.
The copies of the photograph required by sub_section (3) of Section 30 shall be of a size not more than 51 millimeters by 64 millimeters.
The photograph, of the holder when affixed to a licence shall be sealed or stamped with the seal of the licensing authority in such a manner that part of the impression of the seal stamp is upon the photograph and part on the margin.
Upon receipt of an application for a conductor's licence, the licensing authority may make such enquiries as may be necessary to establish the identity of the applicant and to ascertain that the applicant is not disqualified for holding a licence.
A conductor's licence shall be granted in Form CL.
No person shall be granted a conductor's licence unless he has studied upto and inclusive of III Form or VII standard : Provided that this rule shall not apply to any person who immediately before these rules came into force was in possession of conductor's licence issued by a competent authority.
No person shall be granted a conductor's licence unless he has undergone training in First-Aid and is in possession of a certificate issued by the St. John Ambulance Association (India), a Civil Surgeon or an Assistant Civil Surgeon or by such other authority as the Government may by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, declare to be competent to issue such certificates.
The licensing authority to which application is made for a conductor's licence may, summon the applicant to appear before it at such time and place as the authority may appoint and conduct a test to satisfy itself whether he has adequate knowledge of the provisions of these rules relating to the duties and functions of a conductor. No person shall be granted a conductor's licence unless he satisfies the licensing authority in this behalf.
An application for the renewal of a conductor's licence shall be made in Form CLRA and shall contain the declaration required by that Form. It shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed.
When the authority renewing the licence is not the authority which issued the licence, it shall intimate the fact or renewal to the authority issued the licence in Form LRAD.
The provisions of rules as applicable shall so far as may be, apply in relation to driving licence :
Provided that the fee for the issue of duplicate conductor's licence shall be ten rupees only.
The Court making or causing to be made an endorsement on a conductor's licence under sub_sections (1) and (2) of Section 24 read with Section 36 shall send information in Form LE to the licensing authority by which the licence was issued and to the licensing authority by which it was last renewed.
A conductor of a stage carriage shall on demand by any Police Officer in uniform or any officer of Transport Department of and above the rank of Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector or any Magistrate produce his conductor's licence for inspection :
Provided that if at the time his licence is demanded, he is displaying the badge prescribed in Rule 66 it shall be sufficient compliance with this rule if he produces the licence within ten days at any police station in the State which he specifies to the authority making the demand.
No person shall hold more than one conductor's licence.
(1) The authority empowered under sub_section (2) of Section 33 to hear appeals against the orders of a licensing authority shall be the Deputy Transport Commissioner concerned :
Provided that the appellate authority against the orders of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority of the rank of the Joint Transport Commissioner or the Deputy Transport Commissioner shall be the Transport Commissioner.
(2) The Secretary, State Transport Authority, the Deputy Transport Commissioner and the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, may, in this discretion, give any person interested in an appeal in sub_rule (1) copies of relevant documents connected with the appeal on payment of a fee of two rupees, such payment being made by means of Court fee stamps affixed to the application for each such copy of the document.
(3) The appellate authority after giving an opportunity to the parties of being heard and after such further enquiries, if any, as it may deem necessary may confirm, modify or set aside the order appealed against and shall make an order accordingly.
(1) The holder of a licence shall, except in the case of a temporary absence not involving a change of residence for a period exceeding three months, report any change of his temporary or permanent address as notified on the licence at any police station and produce the licence at the police station in order that the new address may be entered therein.
(2) The officer-in-charge of the police station at which the licence is produced shall enter therein the new address and communicate the new address to licensing authority by which the licence was issued and to the licensing authority by which it was last renewed.
(1) The conductor of a stage carriage shall, while on duty, display on his left breast a metal badge of prescribed dimensions as illustrated in the Second Schedule to these rules issued by and inscribed with the name of the district of the authority by which the conductor's licence is granted and the word "conductor" together with the identification number. A badge granted under this rule shall be valid throughout the State.
(2) A conductor shall not hold more than one such badge issued by an authority in the State * [within one week].
(3) The Conductor of a stage carriage shall while on duty, in addition to the display on his right breast a plate in white plastic of size 8 cm. x 2 cm. inscribed, with his name in bold black letters of size 0.5 cm. both in English and Telugu one below the other respectively. The cost of the name plate shall be borne by wearer himself.
A conductor's badge which was valid immediately before coming into force of these rules shall be valid for purpose of these rules.
(1) The fee payable for the issue of badge under Rule 66 shall be 2[fifty rupees]. If at any time the badge is lost or destroyed, its holder shall forthwith give intimation thereof in writing to the licensing authority which issued the badge and may apply for new badge. Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of * [fifty rupees].
(2) Upon receipt of the application and the fee therefor, the licensing authority shall issue a new badge * [within one week].
(3) If the badge which has been lost or destroyed, is subsequently found it shall be surrendered to the said licensing authority.
If, at any time, a licensing authority revokes or refuses to renew a conductor's licence, or if a conductor is disqualified from holding a licence by any Court or licensing authority or if the licence ceases to be valid by efflux of time, the conductor shall forthwith surrender the badge to the authority by which it was issued.
No conductor shall lend or transfer the badge prescribed in these rules to any other person. The badge shall be produced for inspection when demanded by a police officer in uniform or any other person empowered to stop a stage carriage under Rule 288.
Any person finding a conductors badge shall unless he returns the same to a person whom he knows to be the holder, forthwith surrender it to any licensing authority or to any police officer.
No stage carriage shall be used in a public place unless it carries in addition to the driver a conductor :
Provided that a stage carriage may be driven to its destination without a conductor if, on account of sudden illness or for any other valid reason, the conductor is unable to carry on his duties;
Provided further that transport authority may allow a stage carriage to be driven without a conductor subject to the condition that tickets are issued before the start of the journey by a person who is not the conductor and who is not travelling in the vehicle and subject to such other conditions as the transport authority may deem fit;
Provided also that a transport authority may permit the driver of a stage carriage to perform the functions of a conductor subject to the condition that he is qualified to hold the post of a conductor and subject to such other conditions as the transport au
No conductor or other person authorised to accept fares, when a stage carriage is waiting or plying for hire shall :_
(i) without reasonable excuse, refuse to accept a fare from any person tendering it, provided that the conductor or such other person shall stop the issue of tickets when that the maximum number of passengers or the maximum load or luggage or goods, as the case may be, which the vehicle is permitted to carry has been reached; or
(ii) demand more than the proper fare.
Every conductor of a Stage Carriage on duty,_
(i) shall as far as may reasonably be possible having regard to his duties, be responsible for the due observance of the provisions of Act and of these rules;
(ii) shall not smoke;
(iii) shall behave in a civil and orderly manner to passengers and intending passengers;
(iv) shall wear a uniform a closed coat with brass buttons and trousers of khaki or navy blue colour and also a forage cap of the same colour as head gear:
Provided that in the case of employees of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation the uniform fixed by the Corporation shall be worn;
(v) shall maintain the vehicle in a clean and sanitary condition;
(vi) shall not interfere with persons mounting or preparing to mount upon any other vehicle;
(vii) shall
The conductor shall :_
(a) On receipt of the fare charged issue to every passenger travelling or intending to travel in a stage carriage including every child over three years of age and to every person from whom freight charges have been collected for conveying goods or luggage or personal effects a separate ticket of the requisite denomination with stage and fare printed thereon;
(b) Carry at all times when the stage carriage is in use the counterfoils of the tickets so issued, and produce the counter foil on demand by any police officer in uniform or any other person empowered to stop a stage carriage under Rule 288:
Provided that clause (b) shall not apply to cases where tickets are issued by means of bell-punch machine or other device approved by the State Transport Authority and the conductor keep or a record of the number and values of the tickets issued. Such records shall be pro
(1) A person who is qualified for the post of a conductor but who does not hold a conductor's licence may be permitted by the Secretary of a Regional Transport Authority to act as conductor of a stage carriage for a period not exceeding one month at a time, provided that no licensed conductor is available or that none of those who are available is willing to act as conductor of the stage carriage concerned.
(2) The provisions of sub_section (1) of Section 29(1) shall not apply to employees of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, who belong to any of the following classes and who are deputed to act as conductors for period not exceeding one month at a time :
(a) Depot Clerks;
(b) Assistant Depot Clerks;
(c) Travelling Ticket Inspectors;
(d) Controllers;
(e) Traffic Inspectors;
(1) The Authority to issue a Medical Certificate under sub_section (3) of Section 30 shall be of and above the rank of Assistant Civil Surgeon or as may be authorised by the Government.
The fee chargeable by the authority issuing a Medical Certificate shall not exceed rupees fifteen.
(1) The registering authority shall be the Secretary of the respective Regional Transport Authorities.
(2) The Additional Registering Authorities shall be the Additional Secretaries of the Regional Transport Authorities as specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Rules, and also the executive staff of Transport Department not below the rank of Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector in the districts and the Superintendents in the Office of the Regional Transport Authorities.
(3) The additional registering authorities should exercise the powers subject to the general control and guidance of the registering authorities concerned.
The registration mark to be assigned under sub_section (6) of Section 41 by the registering authority specified in the first column of the First Schedule to these rules shall be as set forth in the corresponding entry in the second column thereof.
The letters and numerals shall be exhibited as follows:
(i) in the case of Transport vehicle other than a motor cab, registration mark shall be exhibited in two separate horizontal lines with letters and code numbers of the Registering Authority in one horizontal line; and numerals in another horizontal line below it.
(ii) in all other cases, the registration mark may be exhibited with letters and numerals within two horizontal lines as aforesaid or in one horizontal line:
Provided that when the registration mark is exhibited in one horizontal line, there shall be a hypen between the letters (including code number of Registering Authority) and the numerals. The length and thickness of the hypen shall be not less than three-fourth and one-fourth of a centimeter respectively.
(1) On receipt of applications for registration, the Registering Authority shall arrange them alphabetically every day and sign the numbers serially after the last registration mark assigned subject to the provisions of the following sub-rules.
*[(2) x x x x]
*[(3) The Registering Authority may on an application in Form RRMA made to it by owner of the vehicle reserve the special numbers within thousand from the last number assigned in serial order on the date of application.
(i) On payment of a fee of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) for anyone of the numbers 1, 9, 999, 9999.
(ii) On payment of a fee of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty thousand only) for any one of the numbers of 99, 333, 555, 666, 777, 888, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555, 6666, 7777, 8888.
(iii) On payment of a fee of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand only) for any one of t
(1) Save in the cases of motor cabs, the following particulars in respect of the every transport vehicle shall be exhibited on the left hand side of the vehicle in the manner prescribed that is to say:
(i) the name of the owner of the vehicle;
(ii) the unladen weight denoted by U.W..... Kilograms;
(iii) the gross vehicle weight denoted by GVW____ Kilogrms;
(iv) engine number;
(v) Chassis number;
(vi) in the case of public service vehicle or an educational institution bus or a private service vehicle the number of passengers excluding the driver and the conductor specified in the permit of the vehicle denoted by Pass;
(vii) the registered front axle weight denoted by F.A.W. __.. Kilograms;
(viii) the registered rear axle weight denoted R.A.W___. Kilograms;
(1) Every manufacturer should file an application to the Transport Commissioner enclosing the certificate obtained from the Central Government agencies under Rule 126 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 for communicating the same to all the Registering Authorities in the State for registration of a new model or its variants.
*[(2) Every application under sub-rule (1) above shall be accompanied with a fee of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand) for each model of its variant.]
(1) An application for temporary registration shall be made in the Form 20 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 prescribed for registration, under the Act marked 'Temporary' to the registering authority or to the dealer dealing in the sale of new motor vehicles recognised by the Transport Commissioner. It shall not be necessary to fill in Items 23 to 32 of that Form, notwithstanding that the vehicle may be a transport vehicle :
Provided that the dealer shall exercise the power of temporary registration only in cases where the vehicles released are new and are sold by him.
(2) The dealer exercising the power under sub_rule (1) shall abide by the orders of the Transport Commissioner issued, from time to time, on this behalf.
An application of extension of the period of temporary registration under the proviso to Section 43 (2) of the Act shall be made to the registering authority specifying the period upto which such extension is necessary and shall be accompanied by the temporary registration Form C.R. Tem.
A temporary certificate of registration shall be in Form C.R. Tem.
The authority granting a temporary certificate of registration shall, in all cases forward a copy of Form C.R. Tem. to the registering authority in whose area the vehicle is to be ordinarily kept.
(1) The authority granting a temporary certificate of registration shall assign a temporary registration mark to the vehicle and the owner shall cause the said mark to be affixed to the front and rear of the motor vehicle in the manner prescribed for registration marks in these rules.
(2) To enable the dealer to assign temporary registration marks to vehicles the registering authority concerned shall allocate to each dealer a block of temporary registration marks.
Unless exempted, the fee payable for temporary registration or for its extension of any category of vehicle shall be half for the fee prescribed for permanent registration of that category of vehicle.]
In case of an articulated vehicle which is provided with more than one trailer but is so constructed that only one such trailer can be used at a time, it shall be registered as single vehicle with alternative bodies and all such trailers shall be entered in the registration certificate without any additional fee.
The exemption from the payment of fee of registration shall be as notified by the State Government from time to time.
Communication of transfer to the original registering authority under sub_section (7) of Section 50 shall be in Form CRT I.
(1) When a motor vehicle of a particular category, registered in Hyderabad City ceases to remain in that category the owner of the vehicle shall apply immediately to the registering authority within whose jurisdiction the vehicle then is for the assignment of a new registration mark and shall present the registration certificate to that registering authority.
(2) The registering authority to which application is made under sub_section (4) of Section 47 shall assign the vehicle an appropriate registration mark in accordance with the First Schedule to these rules to be carried thereforth on the vehicle and shall enter the mark upon the certificate of registration before returning to the applicant.
(3) An authority, other than the original registering authority making any such entry shall intimate the assignment of new registration mark to the original registering authority.
(4) The above s
The amounts payable as referred to under sub_section (13) of Section 41 or sub_section (7) of Section 47 or sub_section (4) of Section 49 or sub_section (5) of section 50 of the Act shall be as follows:
| Period | Amount in rupees |
| (a) In case the period of delay does not exceed three months | 25 |
| (b) In case the period of delay does not exceed six months | 50 |
| (c) In case the period of delay does not exceed nine months | 75 |
| (d) In case the period of delay exceeds nine months | 100 |
The registering authority assigning a new registration mark to a motor vehicle shall intimate the fact to the owner and the other party, if any, to an agreement of hire-purchase specified on the certificate of registration and shall apply to the original registering authority for transfer of the records of the vehicle in Form RM. I.
Further to the provisions of sub_section (4) of Section 47, when any motor vehicle which is not registered in this State has been kept within the State for a period exceeding thirty days, the owner or other person incharge of the vehicle shall send intimation to the registering authority of the area in which the motor vehicle is at the time of making the report and shall intimate :_
(i) his name and permanent address, and his address for the time being;
(ii) the registration mark of vehicle;
(iii) the make and description of the vehicle; and
(iv) in the case of a transport vehicle, the name of the authority within the State by whom the permit has been issued or counter-signed.
The Road Rollers used for repairs of roads, need not be produced before the registering authority for physical inspection of the vehicle at the time of registration as required under Section 44 of the Act.
The registering authority shall before assigning new registration mark under Section 47 or before entering the particulars of change of address or change of ownership of a motor vehicle in the certificate of registration require the owner or as the case may be, the transferee to produce the motor vehicle either before itself or before the Inspector of Motor Vehicles, in order that the registering authority may satisfy itself that the chassis and engine numbers noted in the registration certificate are correct.
Nothing in Rule 96 shall apply to motor vehicle which is exempted from registration exhibiting a trade certificate issued under the Act.
(1) On receipt of an application under Rule 53 of the Central Motor vehicles Rules, 1989 with prescribed fee the registering authority shall cause necessary enquiries to be made as to the reasons for loss, genuineness of the application, verification of signatures of the applicant with reference to the records maintained in his office and after satisfying itself that the application can be complied with, shall issue a duplicate certificate of registration clearly stamped "duplicate" in red.
(2) If the registering authority referred to in sub_rule (1) is not the authority which registered the vehicle originally or had assigned a registration mark under Section 47 the registering authority on production of a no objection letter filed, by the owner of the vehicle from the original registering authority and after making necessary verification as to the genuineness of the application shall issue the duplicate.
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The registering authority, upon receipt of an application together with the fee of rupees five may issue of particulars of registration of a motor vehicle.
When the original certificate of registration is found after the issue of a duplicate thereof, the owner shall return the original to the registering authority.
The registering authority or any officer authorised by the registering authority or the Transport Commissioner or any officer authorised by the Transport Commissioner may suspend the certificate of registration of a motor vehicle under Section 53.
The Transport Commissioner or an officer authorised by him shall exercise the powers vested in him under this rule throughout the State.
Any Registering Authority or the Additional Registering Authority of the region in whose functional area the vehicle was found plying, irrespective of the fact whether the vehicle has been registered in that region or not, shall be the prescribed authority for purposes of Section 53 of the Act.
Where the registering authority noting the hire-purchase agreement or hypothecation is not the authority by whom a new registration mark has been assigned under Section 47 of the Act, intimation of the noting of hire-purchase agreement or the hypothecation shall be sent to such original registering authority or the authority by whom a new registration mark has been assigned, as the case may be, in addition to recording the particulars of the registration of the vehicle and the hire-purchase agreement or the hypothecation in the office register to be maintained by him for this purpose.
An intimation of the cancellation of the note of hire-purchase agreement/hypothecation shall be sent to the original registering authority or the authority who assigned the new registration mark, as the case may be and to the authority who made the said note in the registration certificate, if the authority cancelling the said note is different from the authorities.
The intimation to the financier under sub_sections (10) and (11) of Section 51 shall be sent under registered post to the address noted in the certificate of registration.
A certificate of fitness under Section 56 shall be granted or renewed by the Inspector of Motor Vehicles and also by the authorised testing station as approved under sub_section (2) of Section 56 subject to the general control and directions of the registering authority.
(1) An application for the grant or renewal of a certificate of fitness in respect of a motor vehicle shall be made in Form CFA to the Inspector of Motor Vehicles or to the authorised testing station in whose jurisdiction the owner of the vehicle resides or carries on his business :
Provided that in the case of a stage carriage such application may be made to the Inspector of Motor Vehicles or to the authorised testing station in whose jurisdiction the owner of the vehicle resides or carries on his business at either end of the route lies on which the vehicle is permitted or proposed to be plied at the option of the owner of the vehicle which he may exercise by filling a declaration before the Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority which granted or proposes to grant the said permit; and the option once exercised shall not be permitted to be revised unless in the opinion of the Secretary of the said Authority, new circumstance
The authority by whom a certificate of fitness was issued or, if it has been renewed, the authority, by whom it was last renewed, may endorse thereon the date, time and place appointed for the next inspection of the vehicle and the owner shall cause the vehicle to be produced accordingly:
Provided that the vehicle need not be so produced if the owner proposes not to renew the certificate or if the vehicle is transferred to and kept in the area of another registering authority or Inspector of Motor Vehicles. In either of these case the owner shall, before the date fixed for inspection, inform the authority who made the endorsement, in writing, that he does not propose to produce the vehicle, giving the reasons.
If the owner of a vehicle is not required to produce the vehicle under Rule 109 he shall in not less than one month before the date of expiry of the certificate, apply for its renewal and shall cause the vehicle to be produced for inspection on such date and at such time and place as the appropriate authority may thereafter, upon reasonable notice, appoint.
There shall not be more than one certificate of fitness in respect of any vehicle.
If, owing to mechanical breakdown or other cause, a motor vehicle is, after the expiry of the certificate of fitness, outside functional area of the authority by whom the certificate is to be renewed, any registering authority or Inspector of Motor Vehicles may without prejudice to any penalty to which the owner or driver may have become liable if the vehicle is in his opinion fit for use, by endorsement in Form C.F. Sub and subject to such conditions as he may specify, authorise its continued use for such time as may reasonably be necessary for the vehicle to return to the area of an authority by whom the certificate should be renewed, and the vehicle may be driven to such area in accordance with such endorsement but shall not be used after return to that area until the certificate has been renewed.
Chapter I
Preliminary
(1) These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) They extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(3) They shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions :_ (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,_
(a) 'Act' means es >>>>...Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);
(b) 'Express Stage Carriage' means:_
(i) a carriage plying on city and town routes 'non-stop' or 'with limited halts' as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(ii) a carriage plying non-stop on muffasil routes of short distances as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(iii) a carr
If any of the authorities specified in Rule 113 making the inspection, considers that the vehicle is unsafe, for ordinary use on the road, he shall record his reasons in Form CFX and communicate them in writing to the owners if he is the vehicle and if not, to the driver. Subject to provisions of Rule 115 the vehicle shall not be used thereafter in a public place save for the purpose of being driven for Inspection after repair, until the defects have been repaired to the satisfaction of the authority competent to issue or renew a certificate of fitness provided that the inspecting officer may, subject to such conditions as he thinks necessary, authorise the vehicle to be driven to a place of repair. A copy of the notice in Form CFX shall be sent to the registering authority of every district through which the vehicle runs.
If the vehicle is in a public place when it is found to be unsafe, the inspecting officer may permit it to be driven at a speed not exceeding 16 Kilometers an hour to its immediate destination or to a specified place for repair and thereafter it shall not be driven in any public place without the special permission of the Inspector of Motor Vehicles of the place to which it has been driven. The Inspector of Motor Vehicles may grant permission subject to such conditions as he thinks fit and may direct that a fresh certificate of fitness shall be obtained before the vehicle can be used in a public place.
(1) Any registering authority and any Inspector of Motor Vehicle may cancel the certificate of fitness of a transport vehicle under sub_section (4) of Section 56 if in his opinion the vehicle does not comply with the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder.
(2) Nothing in sub_rule (1) shall debar the owner or other person in charge of the vehicle, the certificate of fitness of which has been cancelled, from applying at any time for renewal of certificate of fitness, if the vehicle has been repaired in such manner that the provisions of Chapter V of the Act and of these rules are complied with.
The authority cancelling a certificate of fitness under sub_rule (1) of Rule 116 shall without delay give the owner or other person in charge of the motor vehicle a receipt therefor and a statement in writing of the reasons for such cancellation and shall make a report of his action and forward the certificate to the authority by which it was last issued or renewed.
If the grant or renewal of certificate of fitness is refused, the reasons for the refusal shall be communicated to the owner in Form CFRR.
(2) The fee once paid for issue of renewal of fitness certificate shall not be treated as utilised for the reasons of issue of C.F.R.R. but shall be treated as utilised if on re-inspection, the defects pointed out in C.F.R.R. are found to be not certified.
If a certificate of fitness is lost or destroyed, the owner of the vehicle shall forthwith report the matter to the authority by whom the certificate was issued or last renewed and shall apply with a fee of five rupees for the issue of a duplicate certificate.
Upon receipt of an application and the fee referred to in Rule 119 the authority shall furnish the owner with a duplicate copy of the certificate duly stamped 'Duplicate' in red.
If the certificate of fitness, the loss or destruction of which was reported under Rule 119 is traced later on, it shall be surrendered forthwith to the authority by which it was issued.
Subject to provisions of Rules 114, 115 and 116, a certificate of fitness certificate issued under the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1964 shall be valid for the purpose of these rules upto the date of expiry noted in such certificate.
No person shall be liable to be convicted of an offence under Section 130 for not producing the certificate of fitness if, at the time, when the certificate is demanded, he has already reported the loss or destruction thereof in accordance with Rule 119 and a duplicate certificate has not been delivered to him.
An appeal against any of the orders passed under Section 45, Section 48, Section 50, Section 53, Section 54 or Section 55 shall lie to:-
(i) In the case of an order passed by registering authority or an officer of the rank of Regional Transport Officer or an Inspector of Motor Vehicles to the Deputy Transport Commissioner concerned, provided that in case the registering authority is of the rank of Joint Transport Commissioner, appeal shall be to the Transport Commissioner;
(ii) In the case of an order passed by the Transport Commissioner or any other officer authorised by him, to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal.
(i) An appeal against any of the orders passed under sub_sections (1) and (2) of Section 56 shall lie to_
(ii) in the case of an order passed by an Inspector of Motor Vehicles or the testing station to the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority concerned, and
(iii) in the case of an order passed by any other officer to the Deputy Transport Commissioner, concerned:
Provided that in the case of the officer is of the rank of Joint Transport Commissioner, the appeal shall lie to the Transport Commissioner.
(1) An Appeal under Rule 124 or 125 shall be in the form of memorandum setting forth concisely the grounds of objection to the order which is the subject of appeal and shall be accompanied by the original or certified copy of such order.
(2) A fee of five rupees shall be paid in respect of each appeal such payment being made by means of Court fee stamps affixed to the memorandum of appeal.
(3) The appellate authority, after giving an opportunity to the parties of being heard and after such further enquiry, if any as it may deem necessary, may confirm, vary or set aside the order against which appeal is preferred and shall make an order accordingly.
(4) The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority or the Deputy Transport Commissioner or the Secretary, Transport Authority may, in his discretion, give any person interested in an appeal referred to in sub_rule (1), certified copy of the order
The Director-General and Inspector General of Police shall furnish a monthly return containing the information regarding vehicle which have been stolen and stolen vehicle which have been recovered of which the Police are aware to the State Transport Authority by 5th of the succeeding month.
Each Registering Authority in the State shall maintain a Register in respect of motor vehicles of his district in the Form 39 as prescribed under Rule 75 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(i) Each Registering Authority shall supply to the Central Government a printed copy of the Register referred to in sub_rule (1) so as to reach the Director (Transport Research), Ministry of Surface Transport, New Delhi before 15th April, 15th July, 15th October and 15th January of every year covering details for the preceding period of three months and simultaneously supply copy of the Register to Transport Commissioner.
The deposit under sub_rule 2(b) of Rule 63 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules shall be by National Savings Certificates duly endorsed in favour of the respective Registering Authority.
Each Regional Transport Authority shall have a Secretary and Additional Secretary specified in the Fourth Schedule to these rules. They shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be specified in these rules and in the bye-laws made by the Regional Transport Authority under Rule 147.
(1) The period of appointment of the Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority constituted under sub_section (1) of Section 68 of the Act shall be two years with effect on and from the date on which its constitution is notified in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette or until the fresh Regional Transport Authority or State Transport Authority is constituted whichever is later : Provided that the Government may by notification and for reasons to be recorded thereon at any time before the expiry of the original period of appointment reduce the said period of appointment of the Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority for such period as they deem fit.
(2) The Government may at any time remove any member of a Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority as the case may be from his office if he fails without excuse sufficient in the opinion of the Government to attend three consecutive meet
The Regional Transport Authority may meet not less than once in three months on such date and at such time and place as may be determined by the Chairman and on such other occasions so determined as may be necessary for prompt despatch of business:
Provided that the Regional Transport Authority may meet before the aforesaid stipulated time according to exigencies and in the interest of public for prompt disposal of the business, if the total number of applications are more than 50 (fifty);
Provided further that adequate notice of such meetings and of business to be transacted thereat shall be given for information of such persons who being interested in the particular business to be transacted may in the opinion of the Regional Transport Authority or of its Secretary reasonably claim to be permitted to attend for the purpose of making representation.]
Every meeting of the Regional Transport Authority shall be presided over by the Chairman or in his absence by any other member elected by majority of the members present :
Provided that the Regional Transport Authority shall not, in the absence of Chairman, conduct its business in respect of the following matters,_
(a) Grant of stage carriage permits;
(b) Grant of variations in respect of stage carriage;
(c) Any matter falling under Section 71(3) of the Act;
(d) Delegation of powers;
(e) Making of any bye-laws for transacting the business of the Regional Transport Authority.
All questions which may come before the Regional Transport Authority at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting at the meeting and in every case of equality of votes the presiding member shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.
All correspondence intended for the consideration of the Regional Transport Authority shall be addressed to the Regional Transport Authority or to the Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority. No action shall be taken on any correspondence which is not so addressed.
The quorum for a meeting of the Regional Transport Authority shall be two members.
The Secretary shall under the general or special instructions of the Chairman, place before the Regional Transport Authority all matters which it is to decide. Copy of the Agenda of the subjects to be considered at a public hearing shall cause to be published on the notice board of the office of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority concerned atleast seven days in advance of the date fixed for the public hearing.
(1) Orders may be taken by circulating papers to the members of the Regional Transport Authority unless any person has a right to be heard in accordance with the provisions of the Act and of these rules, or unless, in the opinion of the Chairman, any person has a reasonable claim to be heard in the matter. Where a case is so circulated it shall be open to any member to require that the matter shall be discussed of a meeting of the Regional Transport Authority.
(2) Nothing in sub_rule (1) shall prevent Regional Transport Authority from deciding by the procedure of circulation any matter which has been considered at a meeting or has been subject of a hearing and upon which a decision has been reserved.
In any case in which a person has a right to be heard according to the provisions of the Act or these rules, he may appear either in person or by accredited agent. In any other case it shall be optional for the Regional Transport Authority to hear representations made to it either in person or by accredited agent.
Any legal practitioner who proposes to appear on behalf of a person who has a right to be heard according to the provisions of the Act or of these rules before the State Transport Authority or its Officers or before any Regional Transport Authority or its Secretary or before a Deputy Transport Commissioner shall file a Vakalatnama.
All the decisions of the Regional Transport Authority shall be given effect to by its Secretary or Additional Secretary or Joint Secretary or Assistant secretary.
Every decision of the Regional transport Authority or State Transport Authority taken shall be published on the Notice Board of its Secretary concerned for the information of the persons concerned.
The Regional Transport Authority for the prompt and convenient despatch of its business shall by general or special order delegate to its Secretary or Additional Secretary or Joint Secretary or Assistant Secretary any or all of the following powers:
(i) Power under Section 72(1) to grant or refuse a stage carriage permit where no objections or representations are received;
(ii) Power to approve the time-table of a service of stage carriage or of a particular stage carriage under Section 72(2) (iii) and to attach to a stage carriage permit conditions under the said Section 72(2);
(iii) Power under Section 74(1) to grant or refuse a contract carriage permit in cases where no objections or representations are received and power under Section 74(2) to impose conditions on the use of a contract carriage;
(iv) Power under Section 76(1) to grant or refuse a private servic
(1) The Regional Transport Authority may subject to the limitations and conditions as it may specify by general or special resolution delegate to the inspecting officer of the Transport Department the power under clause (a) of sub_section (1) of Section 87 of the Act to authorise the use of any stage carriage * [or Motor Cab] temporarily for the conveyance of passengers on special occasion such as to and from fairs and festivals and religious gatherings: Provided that officer who issues authorisation in exercise of this power so delegated shall make a detailed report of the action taken by him to the Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority who shall place such report before the Regional Transport Authority.
(2) An authorisation granted in pursuance of the delegation under sub_rule (1) shall be valid in any of the regions which the route covered by the authorisation may relate without counter-signature in such other region or r
The Regional Transport Authority may by general or special order, delegate to all Motor Vehicles Inspectors and all the Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspectors incharge of check posts, the power to grant or refuse temporary permits under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 87 of the Act, in respect of goods vehicles and public service vehicles of different categories like motor cabs, maxi cabs and contract carriages of Home State and other States, for performing a specified journey for the period not exceeding seven (7) days or thirty (30) days irrespective of the number of journeys on all National and State Highways with a deviation upto (30) Kms.]
The Secretary shall place before the next meeting of the Regional Transport Authority a report in writing of all actions taken by him and other delegates under the powers delegated to them.
All orders of delegation made by the Regional Transport Authority under Rule 143 shall be posted on a notice board at the Regional Transport Authority.
The Regional Transport Authority may give general instructions as to the manner in which the Secretary shall exercise the power delegated to him.
Subject to the provisions of the Act and rules and the control of higher authority, a Regional Transport Authority shall have power to make bye-laws to regulate the conduct of its business and the business of such authority shall be conducted accordingly under the directions of the Chairman.
The Secretary, may with the approval of the Regional Transport Authority appoint persons to authenticate documents and perform other duties on his behalf.
The State Transport Authority shall have a Secretary who shall be appointed by the Government and shall also be the Chief Executive Officer of the State Transport Authority. The Government may appoint Assistant Secretaries and such other officers and staff for the State Transport Authority as they deem desirable.
All decisions of the State Transport Authority shall be carried into effect by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or both.
The State Transport Authority may for the prompt and convenient despatch of its business by general and special resolution delegate to Transport Commissioner, Joint Transport Commissioner and Assistant Secretaries, State Transport Authority, all or any of the powers vested in it:
Provided that no delegation shall be made in respect of the following:-
(i) Power under Section 68 (3) (a) to co_ordinate and regulate the activities of the Regional Transport Authorities;
(ii) Power under Section 68 (3) (c) to settle disputes or differences of opinion between Regional Transport Authorities;
(iii) Power under Section 72 (1) to grant or refuse stage carriage permits in cases where objections or representations are received;
(iv) Power under Section 74(1) to grant or refuse contract carriages permits in cases where objections or representations are rec
The Secretary of the Transport Authority shall place before the next meeting of the State Transport Authority a report in writing of all actions taken by him and by the other delegates, if any, under the powers delegated by the State Transport Authority.
All orders of delegation made by the State Transport Authority under Rule 153 shall be posted on a notice board at the office of the State Transport Authority.
The State Transport Authority may give general instructions as to the manner in which the delegates shall exercise the powers delegated to them.
The State Transport Authority may for the prompt and convenient despatch of its business, by a general or special resolution, delegate to its Chairman the following powers and functions :_
(i) Power to give effect to any directions issued under Section 67 by the State Government;
(ii) Power under Section 68(3)(a) to co_ordinate and regulate the activities of Regional Transport Authorities;
(iii) Power under Section 68(3)(c) to settle all disputes and decide all matters on which there are differences of opinion between the Regional Transport Authorities.
The State Transport Authority shall be the sole transport authority in regard to thorough traffic along trunk roads and along such other roads as may be notified by the Government for this purpose in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and shall in respect of such traffic exercise the powers and functions conferred upon a Regional Transport Authority by or under Chapter IV of the Act.
Note :_ For the purpose of this rule, thorough traffic shall be deemed to be traffic for a distance of more than one hundred and sixty kilometres.
The powers conferred by Rule 158 on the State Transport Authority may be delegated to the Regional Transport Authority concerned by the State Transport Authority, subject to such conditions as may be necessary.
(1) The State Transport Authority may, on payment of the fees specified in Rule 195 grant a permit for a vehicle to ply on a route lying partly on a road specified in Rule 158 for a distance of more than one hundred and sixty kilometres and part by on any other road or roads.
(2) The State Transport Authority may, on payment of a fee of rupees ten, extend the validity of a permit granted by any transport authority to such extended area or roads as it may deem desirable.
(3) The provisions of the Act and of these rules relating to applications for permits and the grant, refusal, suspension or cancellation of permits and all matters connected therewith, including appeals shall, apply to extensions of the validity of such permits.
The quorum for a meeting of the State Transport Authority shall be three members of whom one shall be its Chairman.
Rules 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139 and 149 shall apply to the conduct of business by the State Transport Authority, except that it shall not be obligatory for the State Transport Authority to meet not less than once in two months.
An appeal under Section 89 to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal shall be preferred within the time as specified in the Andhra Pradesh State Transport Appellate Tribunal Rules, 1989.
An appeal under Rule 163 shall be in the manner as specified in the Andhra Pradesh State Transport Appellate Tribunal Rules, 1989.
An application for the State Transport Appellate Tribunal under Section 90 shall be in the manner as specified in the State Transport Appellate Tribunal Rules, 1989.]
The Secretary, State Transport Authority, and Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, the State Transport Appellate Tribunal or any authority specified by the said Tribunal may in its discretion give any person interested in an appeal or revision a certified copy of the decision or an order or of any other relevant documents on payment of a fee of Rupees two, such payment being made by means of Court fee stamps affixed to the application for each such copy of the decision orders, petition or document.
In these rules a counter-signature of a permit by a Regional Transport Authority is referred to as an endorsement and a counter-signature by the State Transport Authority as an extension of the validity of a permit.
(1) The Transport Authority shall not reject an application for the grant or renewal of a permit or for the counter-signature of a permit solely on any or all of following technical grounds:
(i) When an application is presented to a Transport Authority not having jurisdiction;
(ii) When the form of application has not been correctly filed in; and
(iii) When the prescribed fee has been omitted to be paid.
(2) In every such case the Transport Authority should return the application for presentation to the Transport Authority concerned or for rectification of other defects informing the applicant of the correct procedure in the matter and giving him not more than seven days from the date of receipt of the communication to comply with such direction.
A special distinguishing mark assigned to a public service, in respect of which a special permit has been granted under Section 88(1), shall be displayed prominently on the wind-screen of the vehicle in a holder in accordance with the specifications prescribed.
The validity of a special permit under Section 88 shall be for a maximum period of three months which may, if necessary, be extended for a further maximum period of one month by the competent authority on an application made either by the permit holder of the person-in-charge of the vehicle who is duly authorised by the permit-holder on this behalf. The competent authority extending the permit may allow additional place of visit, if required.
Explanation :_ The competent authority shall mean the Regional Transport Authority which issued the permit or the Regional Transport Authority of the region in which the vehicle happens to be at the time of applying for extension, whichever is nearer.
Every application for a permit in respect of a transport vehicle shall be in one of the following forms:
(i) In respect of a particular stage carriage or of a service stage carriages: In Form PSCA
(ii) In respect of a particular contract carriage In Form PCOA
(iii) In respect of a goods carriage permit In Form PUCA
(iv) In respect of a temporary permit In Form PTA
(v) In respect of a special permit under Section 88(8) be addressed to Secretary of the Authority at the regular office of the Authority In Form PTOVA
(vi) In respect of a private service vehicle In Form PTVA
Every application for an endorsement or extension of the validity of a permit shall be in the same form as it applicable to the class of permit that it is sought to be endorsed or extended with necessary alteration.
Every application for the grant or renewal of a permit or for an endorsement or renewal of an endorsement of a permit or for an extension or renewal of an extension of validity of a permit shall be made to the Transport Authority which shall acknowledge its receipt.
Every permit shall be in one of the following Forms :_
(i) In respect of a particular stage carriage In Form PSP
(ii) In respect of a service of stage carriage In Form PSS
(iii) In respect of a particular contract carriage In Form PC
(iv) Goods Carriage permit In Form PPC
(v) A temporary permit In Form PT
(vi) A special permit under Section 88(8) In Form PTOV
(vii) In respect of private service vehicle In Form PTV
(viii) In respect of National Permit of goods carriage In Form NPPUC
(ix) In respect of All India Tourist vehicle In Form TVP
(1) The Regional Transport Authority of any one region may subject to the provisions of Section 69 grant a permit to be valid in any other regions within the State without the counter-signature of the Regional Transport Authority of the other region or of each of the other regions concerned and shall as soon as possible send copies of proceedings relating to the issue of such permit.
(2) The Regional Transport Authority granting a permit under sub_rule (1) shall before granting a stage carriage permit obtain the concurrence of Regional Transport Authority concerned.
The Regional Transport Authority of one Region may grant a permit.
In respect of a Private Services Vehicle to be valid throughout the State without the counter-signature of the Regional Transport Authorities of the other Regions.]
(1) The Regional Transport Authority of one region may grant a permit to the licensed operators of [Motor Cabs/Maxi Cabs] fitted with tracking devices to ply as a contract carriage to be valid throughout the State without the counter-signature of Regional Transport Authorities of the other regions.
(2) The following guidelines shall be followed before issue of licenses to such operators.
(a) The Operators of Radio Cab shall obtain license from the Secretary, State Transport Authority. No person shall engage himself in the business of Radio Cab Service under the Scheme without valid license.
(b)(i) Every application for issue of a License to operate Radio Cab fitted with Tracking Devices shall be filled before the Secretary, State Transport Authority in Form-"RCA";
(ii) The application for issue/renewal of license is Rs.5000/-;
(iii) The Radio
The Regional Transport Authority of one region may grant a permit in respect of a motor cab other than three wheelers to ply as a contract carriage to be valid throughout the State without the counter-signature of the Regional Transport Authorities of the other region.
The Regional Transport Authority of any one region may grant a permit in respect of an Auto-rickshaw * [and Motor Cycle Taxi] to ply as a contract carriage to be valid for an area lying within a radius of 60 kms. from the principal place of business of the registered owner without the counter-signature of the Regional Transport Authority or Regional Transport Authorities of the other region or regions in which the said area may partly lie:
Provided that where the principal place of business aforesaid is a municipal town or city the area to be permitted shall be computed from the limits of the Municipality as notified under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965.
(1) Each Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority as the case may be shall reserve stage carriage permits under sub_section (3) (b) of Section 71 for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes as indicated below :-
(a) Out of a unit of 100 permits to be granted, fifteen permits for the Scheduled Castes;
(b) Out of a unit of 100 permits to be granted, six permits for the Scheduled Tribes.
(2) For the purpose of this rule, unit of 100 permits shall be deemed to have commenced on the date on which sub_section 3 (b) of Section 71 has come into force.
(3) In case, permit or permits have already been granted upto the date on which these rules have come into force, otherwise than in accordance with the rule of reservation the next immediate permit or permits be granted shall be reserved for the respective category of permits.
(1) Routes shall be classified :
(a) Short routes which cover a distance of not more than 64 Kms.;
(b) Medium routes which cover a distance of over 64 Km. but not exceeding 163 kms.;
(c) Long routes which cover a distance of more than 160 Kms.
(2) (a) Preference on a short routes shall be given to new entrants whenever there is an application or applications from entrants. The comparison of marks shall be considered from among the new entrants only :
Provided that where there is no new entrants, applicants holding one to four stage carriage permits (excluding spare stage carriage permits and temporary stage carriage permits) shall be considered;
(b) Other things being equal, preference for medium route shall be given to applicants holding one to four stage carriage permits excluding spare stage carriage per
No variation or extension shall ordinarily be allowed except when circumstances such as the subsequent construction of a bridge or the road or transport requirements of the area to be served were overlooked at the time of deciding the route or have been changed.
In granting additional trips or change of timings the transport authorities shall have regard to the following :_
(i) need for the provision of additional facilities or for revision of existing timings in the interest of public;
(ii) special circumstances such as changes in the Railway timings, changes in the number of permits either on route or on the sectors of the route, or variations of the routes:
Provided that whenever rotation of timings is to be enforced, stage carriage carrying mails should be executed in the public interest and the rotation should be enforced only in respect of all the other stage carriages on the particular routes.
In deciding whether to suspend or cancel a stage carriage permit as a punishment the transport authorities shall have regard to the following :
(i) the gravity of the offence;
(ii) the fact that the permit holder, has committed the same or similar offence in respect of the vehicle on one or more occasions previously; and
(iii) the State of history sheet of the permit holder indicating that any lesser punishment will be ineffective.
Every transport authority shall maintain a history sheet in respect of every owner of a motor vehicle used as a contract carriage, with or without permit, showing the instances of contravention of the Act or the rules made thereunder or breacth of the conditions of a permit if any, together with the result of action taken therefor.
(1) The transport authorities shall in deciding whether to grant or refuse to grant a contract carriage permit, have regard to the following matters in addition to those specified in Section 74 which are applicable to the grant or refusal to grant the permit.
(2) The applicants shall first be screened and those who are found to be unsuitable on one or more of the following principles, shall be disqualified reasons being given in such decision of the transport authority, whenever an applicant is disqualified;
(i) If the history sheet is not clean and contains more than six entries relating to offence of overload, running without permit, or fitness certificate or without payment of tax or using the vehicle unauthorisedly as a stage carriage, committed within twenty four months preceding the date of consideration of the application by transport authority:
Provided that nothing in the clause
(1) The Transport Authority or its Secretary acting under delegated powers may impose in the various categories of permits the conditions specified against each.
(a) Conditions Common to all permits :_(i) The vehicle shall not be used on any public road unless the tax due in respect of such vehicle has been paid in accordance with the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963 in force and the notifications issued thereunder;
(ii) there shall not be present in the vehicle either when it is stationary or when it is in motion any class or description of goods, the conveyance of which contravenes any law or any rule, by law or order made thereunder prohibiting or regulating the import or export or transport of such goods or mica for which royalty has not been paid.
(iii) The holder of the permit shall report cases of accidents direct to the Insurance Company with whi
(1) The following conditions shall be attached to the permit in respect of a luxury tourist cab.
(a) the driver's uniform shall be safari suit in white colour;
(b) the permit holder shall employ drivers for driving luxury tourist cabs who can speak in English and are approved by the Secretary, RTA concered;
(c) the vehicle should be airconditioned;
(d) the luxury cab should display prominently the words "Luxury Tourist Cab", on the top of the vehicle which shall have illuminating facility during night to be visible both in the front and rear;
(e) the Luxury Tourist Cab shall have luxury type seats with good quality seat covers, stereo audio systems, decent floor matting and time clock;
(f) the permit holder shall run his vehicles in the name and style of a Travel Agency duly registered with the Transport Authority
(1) The conditions specified in clause (iii)of sub_section (5) of Section 72 shall be attached to every stage carriage permit.
(2) It shall be a condition of the permit of every transport vehicle that the vehicle shall be so maintained as to be available for service during the entire period for which the permit was granted and that the permit is liable to be suspended, or cancelled, after due notice, to the permit holder if the vehicle has not been used for the purpose for which the permit was granted for a continuous period of fifteen days or more during the period for which the permit authorises the use of the vehicle on the road unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the transport authority that the holder of the permit was prevented by sufficient cause from making the vehicle available for service or that he had obtained the previous permission of the transport authority to suspend the service for a specified period.
(1) The conditions specified in clause (xviii) of sub_section (2) of Section 72, regarding the keeping of reserve vehicles to maintain substituted service in place of regular stage carriages stopped shall be attached to every stage carriage permit granted to a person operating five stage cariages or more and the minimum number of reserve vehicles to be maintained shall be stipulated as follows:
| Number of permits (including temporary permits) |
Minimum of reserve vehicles to be maintained |
| 5 to 10 | One |
| 11 to 20 | Two |
| 21 to 30 | Three |
| 31 to 40 | Four |
| 41 to 50 | Five |
| 51 to 60 | Six |
(1) Officers of the Police or Excise Departments not below the rank of sub_Inspectors, Officers-In-charge of Police Stations, Camp Clerks to Police Gazetted Officers, Officers not below the rank of Zamadars in the Armed Reserve/Special Police may issue bus warrants permitting officers and men of the said department not above the rank of Inspector of Police to travel on Government duty or to convey their personal effects and of prisoners by any stage carriage including that of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.
Any person issuing a bus warrant as aforesaid shall specify the name of the unit or the Commandant's Office of Andhra Pradesh Special Police including the Commandant, Special Armed Reserve, Central Police Lines, and the branch of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, C.I.D., Hyderabad to which the bus warrant should be sent for encashment. The owner of the stage carriage or the Andhra Pradesh State Road Tra
Every copy of a permit shall be sealed and signed by the authority by which the permit is issued and by the authority by which the permit is extended or endorsed.
The holder of a permit or temporary permit shall cause to be carried in the vehicle, at all times unless it has been sent to he transport authority, in which case, the acknowledgement given by the transport authority under Rule 173 shall be carried in the vehicle. The permit or temporary permit or the acknowledgement, as the case may be, shall be produced by the driver for inspection on demand by any person authorised to stop the vehicle under Rule 286 or 288.
(1) No permit shall be issued until the registration mark of the vehicle to which it relates has been entered therein and the applicant has produced the registration certificate together with valid fitness and insurance certificates and evidence of payment of tax under the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963, relating to the vehicle;
(2) When an applicant is granted a permit but is unable to produce the records referred to in sub_rule (1), immediately, the transport authority, the appellate authority, or the Government acting under Section 90, as the case may be, shall grant him four months time reckoned from the date of receipt by the applicant of the order granting the permit, to produce the records of the vehicle before the transport authority which has to issue the permit. In cases where the order granting the permit is stayed on appeal or revision and the stay is subsequently vacated, the time for production of the
A temporary permit may, if the State or the Regional Transport Authority thinks fit, be granted to any person whether he is the registered owner of the vehicles or vehicle to be used thereunder or not.
Subject to the provisions of Section 87, in the case of routes passing through two or more districts, the opening of which has been decided by the Regional Transport Authorities concerned, the operators to whom the primary permit is issued may be granted temporary permit or permits by the Regional Transport Authorities of the adjoining district or districts through which the route extends to ensure un-interrupted service on the route.
(1) The fee for grant of permit other than a temporary permit shall be:
| (a) Stage carriages | Rs.5000/- |
| (b) Goods vehicles (including National Permit) | Rs.1000/- |
| (c) Contract carriage buses having seating capacity 13 in all including all India permits |
Rs.5000/- |
| (d) Maxi Cabs (including all India Permits) | Rs.2000/- |
| (e) Motor Cabs (including all India Permits | Rs.1000/- |
| (f) Autorickshaws | Rs.500/- |
| (g) Motor Cycle Cabs | Rs.200/- |
| (h) Private |
(1) The fee for temporary permit for all stage carriages, goods carriages, contract carriages, private service vehicles and Omni Buses Rs.200/-.
(2) The fee in respect of the grant and extension of validity of a special permit under sub-section (8) of Section 88 shall be:
(i) for the grant of special permit Rs.200/-
(ii) for the extension of validity of special permit Rs.200/-.]
(1) The fee for the endorsement of a permit other than a temporary permit shall be Rs.2500/- in respect of each vehicle :
*[Provided that the fee for endorsement of a permit other than temporary permit in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.100/-.]
(2) The fee for renewal of endorsement shall be Rs.2,500/- in respect of each vehicle.
*[Provided that the fee for renewal of endorsement in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.100/-.]
(3) Late fee for renewal endorsement, shall be @ 1/10th of fee of per month, subject to a maximum of endorsement fee.
(4) The fee for the application for an endorsement or the renewal thereof in respect of a motor vehicle of other State holding a permit other than a temporary permit for,-
(a) Stage Carriage shall be Rs.5,000/-
*[(b) x x x x]
[(1) The fee for making a fresh recommendation for counter-signature in reciprocating State in terms of the reciprocal agreement entered into between the States concerned in respect of a vehicle other than a goods vehicle shall be Rs.5,000/-.
Provided that the fee for making a such recommendation in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.600/-.
(2) The fee for renewal of recommendation for counter-signature in respect of a vehicle other than a goods vehicle shall be Rs.3000/-:
Provided that the fee for making a such recommendation in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.300/-.]
[(a) The fee for extension of validity of permit other than temporary permit in respect of a vehicle other than goods vehicle shall be Rs.1000/-: Provided that the fee for making a such recommendation in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.100/-.] (b) The fee for extension of validity of permit other than temporary permit (other State vehicles) shall be Rs.5,000/-.]
[(1) The fee for the renewal of extension of validity of a permit shall be Rs.1000/- each vehicle other than a goods vehicle:
Provided that the fee for making a such recommendation in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.100/-.
(2) The fee for renewal of extension of validity of a permit shall be Rs.5000/- in respect of a motor vehicle other than a goods vehicle of other State holding a permit other than a temporary permit:
Provided that the fee for making a such recommendation in respect of a goods vehicle shall be Rs.100/-.]
(1) No goods liable to foul the interior of the vehicle or to render it insanitary, shall be carried at any time in any stage carriage or contract carriage;
(2) The Transport Authority may specify in any permit the goods which shall not be carried in any stage cariage or a contract carriage or the conditions subject to which certain classes of goods may be so carried.
The Transport Authority may specify in any stage carriage or contract carriage permit the maximum weight of passengers, luggage and goods which may be carried in addition to passengers.
Contract carriage permit may authorise the use of a vehicle for the carriage of personal or household effects on hire but not the carriage of general merchandise.
When goods are carried in a stage carriage in addition to pasengers the goods shall be of such a nature and shall be so packed and secured on the vehicle that no danger, inconvenience or discomfort is caused to any passenger. Such number of seats as may be specified in the permit shall be kept free and unimpeded for the use of passengers and the access to the entrance or the exit from the vehicle required under VII Chapter of these rules shall be un-obstructed.
The Transport Authority shall have power to regulate the weight of luggage and goods which may be carried in any contract carriage generally or in any specified area.
Application for renewal of a permit shall be made to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued and shall be accompanied by the permit. The appliction shall state the period of which the renewal is desired and shall be acompanied by the fee prescribed in Rule 195 :
Provided that if the application is for renewal of stage carriage permit, it shall contain a statement of applicant's qualifications and supporting evidence as mentioned in columns (16) to (23) in Form P.S.C.A.
The Transport Authority sanctioning an application for renewal of permit shall call upon the permit holder to produce the registration certificate or certificates, certificates of fitness and insurance, the evidence of the payment of tax under the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963 relating to the vehicles and endorse the renewal in the permit and return them to holder. The Transport Authority may revoke its sanction of the application for renewal if the permit-holder fails to produce the documents aforesaid within thirty days from the date of receipt by him of the order requiring the production of the records :
Provided that the Secretary of Transport Authority may if satisfied on an application made to him in writing by the permit-holder within the period of thirty days aforesaid there is sufficient ground, grant an extension of or extensions of time not exceeding four months in the aggregate for the production of th
Application for the renewal of an endorsement or extension of validity of a permit shall be made to the Transport Authority concerned and shall, subject to the provisions of Rule 209 be accompanied by the permit. The application shall set forth the period for which the renewal of the endorsement or extension is required.
If at the time of application for renewal of an endorsement or extension, if the permit is not available being under renewal by the Authority by which it was issued, the application shall state the fact and shall state the number and the date of the permit, the name of the authority by which it was granted, the date of its expiry and the number and date of the endorsement or extension to be renewed.
The Transport Authority sanctioning an application for renewal of endorsement or extension of validity of a permit shall call upon the permit-holder to produce the permit, and endorse the renewal in the permit and return it to the holder. The Transport Authority may revoke its sanction of the application for renewal, if he permit-holder fails to produce the documents aforesaid within thirty days from the date of receipt by him of the order requiring the production of the records:
Provided that the Secretary of the Transport Authority may, if satisfied on an application made to him in writing by permit-holder within the period of thirty days aforesaid that there is sufficient ground, grant an extension of time not exceeding four months in aggregate for the production of the records.
(1) If the holder of a permit desires at any time to replace a vehicle he shall forward the permit and apply in writing to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued stating the reasons why the replacement is desired and shall :
(i) if the new vehicle is in his possession forward the certificate of registration thereof;
(ii) if the new vehicle is not in his possession state any material particulars in respect of which the new vehicle will differ from the old.
*[(2) (i) (a) The fee payable in respect of an application for replacement of a vehicle by another vehicle other than goods vehicle Rs.2000/-.
(b) The fee payable in respect of an application for replacement of a goods vehicle by another goods vehicle Rs.100/-.
(ii) (a) Replacement of a vehicle by another vehicle other than goods vehicle in the permit Rs.2,500/-.
Upon receipt of an application under Rule 211 the Transport Authority may, in its discretion, reject the application :_
(i) if it has previous to the date of receipt of the application given reasonable notice of its intention to reduce the number of transport vehicles of that class generally or in respect of the route or area to which permit applies; or
(ii) if the new vehicle proposed differs in material respects from the old; or
(iii) if the holder of the permit has contravened the provisions thereof or has been deprived of possession of the old vehicle under the provisions of any agreement of hire-purchase.
If the Transport Authority grants an application for the replacement of a vehicle under Rule 211 it shall call upon the holder of the permit to produce the certificate of registration of the new vehicle, if not previously delivered to it and shall correct the permit accordingly under its seal and signature and return them to the holder.
(1) If the holder of a permit other than a temporary permit intends to surrender the permit, for cancellation, he shall forward the permit, to the authority, which granted the permit with a request in writing, stating reasons for the intended surrender and an affidavit on a non-judicial stamp paper duly sworn before Secretary of the concerned Regional Transport Authority stating that no cases are pending either against the permit, or against him, before any authority or Court, and that no arrears of tax or any fee in respect of the Motor Vehicle covered by the permit is due. A copy of such request shall simultaneously be sent to the transport authority which has countersigned the permit : Provided that no such affidavit shall be necessary to be filed in the case of operators who own more than 500 motor vehicles covered by permits issued by the Transport Authorities in the State.
(2) On receipt of an application along with the affida
(1) A Transport Authority may suspend or cancel a permit in respect of all or any of the vehicles specified in the permit. When a Transport Authority suspends or cancels permit :_
(i) the holder shall surrender permit as related to the vehicle or vehicles covered by the order of suspension or cancellation within seven days of receipt of a demand in writing by the Transport Authority;
(ii) the Transport Authority shall record in the permit or in the temporary permits, as the case may be, the order of suspension or cancellation; and
(iii) it shall send intimation to any authority by which the permit has been endorsed or extended if such endorsement or extension is in force at the time of suspension or cancellation;
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub_rule (i) (ii) if the holder of a permit fails to surrender either the permit relating to the vehicle specified therein
(1) If the Transport Authority considers it expedient to give the permit holder the benefit of the provisions of sub_section (3) of Section 86 it shall not be necessary for the said authority to record minutes except specifying the sum of money and the fact that the permit holder agreed to pay it.
(2) The permit holder shall be allowed ten days time from the date of such agreement to pay the said sum of money. The Transport Authority may however grant extensions of time in exceptional cases.
(3) Any arrears due under this rule may be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub_rule (3) any officer of Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector shall be competent to destrain and sell the motor vehicles in respect of which the arrears under this rule have accrued or its accessories whether or
The Transport Authority shall in determining the sum of money to be recovered in lieu of cancellation or suspension to different classes of permits have regard to the following namely :_
(a) nature, gravity and frequency of the offence committed;
(b) the quantum of punishment that would otherwise have been imposed; and
(c) earning capacity with reference to the traffic potential of the route and passenger capacity in the case of stage carriages and average daily mileage of the vehicle and hire charges if any in respect of other classes of transport vehicles:
Provided that the amount so recoverable in lieu of suspension or cancellation shall in no case be less than the minimum specified in the table below :
Provided further no refund of the fee shall be made, if the application for such refund is not made within one year from the date of the credit of the fee to the Government.
Within fourteen days of the expiry of any permit by the efflux of time, the holder shall deliver it to the Transport Authority by which it was issued and the Transport Authority receiving any such permit shall intimate the fact to the authority or authorities by which it was endorsed or extended if such endorsement or extension was in force on the date of the expiry of the permit.
When the holder of permit desires to transfer the permit to some other person under sub-section (1) of Section 82, he shall together with the person to whom he desires to make the transfer, make joint application in writing to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued, setting forth reasons for the proposed transfer. Such joint application shall be accompanied by the fee as follows:
| Rs. | |
| (i) Stage Carriages | 2000 |
| *[(ii) Stage Carriages (having National Permits) | 750 |
| (iii) Other Goods Carriages | 450] |
| (iv) All India Tourist Permit beyond seating capacity of 13 seats in all | 2000 |
| (v) All India Tourist Permit upto 13 seats in all | 1000 |
| (vi) Maxi C |
On receipt of an application under Rule 220 the Transport Authority may require the holder and the other party to state in writing whether any premium, payment or other consideration arising out of the transfer, is to pass or has passed between them and the nature and amount of any such premium, payment or other consideration.
Without prejudice to any other penalty to which the parties may be liable, any transfer of a permit ordered upon an application which the Transport Authority is subsequently satisfied, as false in respect of the matter specified in Rule 221 or in respect of any other material particular shall be void.
The Transport Authority may summon both the parties to the application for the transfer of a permit to appear before it and may, if it deems fit, deal with the application as if it were an application for a permit.
When the consent of either or both the parties to the transfer of a permit is withdrawn before transfer is sanctioned the Transport Authority shall drop further proceedings in regard to the transfer of the permit:
Provided that when either of the parties withdraws such consent, the Transport Authority shall before dropping, such proceedings, inform the other party of the withdrawal of consent:
Provided further that this rule shall not apply in respect of applications which are pending on the date of coming into force of this rule.
Explanation :_ The fee paid will not be refunded in any circumstances after an application has been made.
(1) If the Transport Authority is satisfied that the transfer of a permit may properly be made, it shall call upon the holder of the permit and the other party in writing to forward within one month from the date of receipt of the order sanctioning the transfer, the permit and the certificate of registration of the vehicle with the particulars of the transfer of ownership of the vehicle stated thereon. In the event of the parties concerned failing to produce the relevant records within the period of one month aforesaid, the Transport Authority shall revoke the sanction :
Provided that the Secretary of the Transport Authority may, if satisfied on an application made to him in writing by the parties concerned within the period of one month aforesaid that there is sufficient ground, grant an extension or extensions of time not exceeding four months in the aggregate, for the production of the records;
A fee shall be charged for the transfer of a permit on the death of the holder under sub-section (3) of Section 82 as follows :
| (i) Stage Carriages | Rs.2000 |
| *[(ii) Stage Carriages (including National Permit) | Rs.100] |
| (iii) Contract carriage permit All India Tourist Permit beyond seating capacity of 13 in all | Rs.2000 |
| (iv) Contract carriage permit including All India Tourist Permit upto 13 seats in all | Rs.1000 |
| (v) Maxi Cabs including All India Permit | Rs.1000 |
| (vi) Educational Institution Bus | Rs.1000 |
| (vii) Private Service Vehicle | Rs.1000 |
When any permit has been lost or destroyed, the holder shall forthwith intimate the fact to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued and shall deposit the prescribed fee for the issue of a duplicate.
The Transport Authority shall, upon receipt of an application in accordance with Rule 227, issue of a permit, and to the extent that it is able to verify the facts may endorse, thereon certified copies of any endorsement or extension by other authority intimating the fact to that authority :
Provided that in the case of goods vehicles, the Transport Authority may issue the duplicate permit after making such enquiries as he deems fit into the genuineness of the application made.
A duplicate permit issued under Rule 228 shall be clearly stamped 'Duplicate' in red and the certified copy of any extension of endorsement by any other Transport Authority on a permit made under Rule 228 shall be valid in the region of that other authority as if it were an extension or endorsement.
If the Transport Authority, any Secretary or Additional Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority or any Police Officer of or above the rank of a sub_Inspector of Police, considers that a permit has become dirty, torn or otherwise defaced so as to be illegible a notice to this effect shall be served on the holder of the permit and within seven days of the service of this notice the holder shall surrender the permit to the Transport Authority and apply for the issue to him of a duplicate permit in accordance with Rules 227 to 229.
The fee for the issue of a duplicate permit shall be half of the permit issue fee.]
Any permit which is found by any person shall be delivered by that person to the nearest police station or to the holder or to the Transport Authority by which it was issued, and if the holder finds or receives any permit or any part of a permit in respect of which a duplicate has been issued, he shall return the original to the Transport Authority by which it was issued.
(1) Upon application made in writing by the holder of any permit, the Transport Authority may, at any time, vary the permit, or any of the conditions thereof subject to the provisions of Section 80(3) and sub_rule (2):
Provided that it shall be open to the Transport Authority to reject summarily an application for the variation of a permit, if within the period of six months immediately preceding the application, a request for the same variation of permit on the same grounds had been refused.
(2) If the grant of variation would authorise transport facilities materially different from those authorised by the original permit, the Transport Authority shall deal with the application as if it were an application for a permit.
Explanation :_ For the purposes of this rule, any variation involving an increase of over forty per cent of any reduction in the seating capacity, other than th
If the Transport Authority decides to vary a permit under Rule 233 it shall call upon the holder of the permit to produce the permit or the temporary permit, if this has not already been done within a fixed time and the permit holder shall comply with this order. The Transport Authority shall vary the permit in accordance with its decision and return the records. If the permit holder fails to produce the permit or the temporary permit within the time allowed, the Transport Authority may revoke the sanction for variation of permit after giving the permit holder an opportunity to furnish his explanation.
A Transport Authority varying, suspending or cancelling a permit or causing another vehicle to be substituted for a vehicle covered by a permit, shall intimate particulars to the Transport Authority of any other region in which the permit is valid by virtue of countersignature or otherwise.
The following fees shall be levied for the variation of a permit, other than goods vehicle or extension of validity of permit with change of timings or otherwise on application made by the permit holder:
(i) Unexpired period exceeding 3 months _ Rs.1000/-
(ii) Unexpired period exceeding 6 months _ Rs.2000/-
(iii) Increase in number of trips by stage carriages _ Rs.2000/-
Provided that the fee levied in respect of goods vehicles shall be as follows:
(i) Unexpired period exceeding 3 months _ Rs.200/-
(ii) Unexpired period exceeding 6 months _ Rs.300/-.]
Permit shall be produced on demand made at any reasonable time by any police officer not below the rank of C.I. or by any officer of Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles.
(1) When the holder of permit has submitted the permit to the STA or RTA for renewal or countersignature or for any other purpose or when a police officer or any Court or any other competent authority as the case may be shall furnish to the holder a receipt and a temporary authorisation in Form 'Tem-PA' to ply the vehicle during such period as may be specified therein during which production of temporary authorisation on demand shall be deemed to be the production of the permit :
Provided that the authority granting temporary authorisation shall extend the period of its validity such extension not being however beyond the period of validity of the permit.
(2) Until the permit referred to in sub_rule (1) has been returned to the holder thereof, the vehicle concerned shall not be plied beyond the period specified in the temporary authorisation referred to in sub_rule (1) or extension under the proviso to that su
Subject to the provisions of sub_section (2) of Section 91, sub_section (1) of that section shall not apply in the case of,_
(i) any transport vehicle used by or on behalf of any military or police authority in connection with military manueuvres of exercise or in the quelling of riots of civil disturbance;
(ii) any fire brigade vehicle or ambulance when being used as such;
(iii) any vehicle being used for the carriage of passengers or goods in any emergency arising out of fire, earthquake, floods, pestilence or other calamity, riots, civil disturbance or sudden stoppage or closure of any transport service or for the purpose of clearing crowds in exhibitions and similar shows and gatherings;
(iv) any vehicle going for, or returning with the medical aid in an emergency or carrying any seriously injured or sick person for medical treatment, when no other means are re
A Transport Authority is authorised to require any person employing drivers of transport vehicles within its area to make such time-table, schedule, or regulation as may be necessary to fix in advance the hours of work of persons employed by him and upon approval by such authority of any time-table, schedule, or regulation as aforesaid it shall be the record of the hours of work fixed for the persons concerned for the purposes of sub_section (4) of Section 91.
(1) Any time spent by the driver of a vehicle on work other than driving, in connection with the vehicle or with the load carried or to be carried on the vehicle, including any time spent on the vehicle during a journey save as a passenger in a public service vehicle shall not be deemed to be an interval of rest for the purposes of clause (a) of sub_section (1) of Section 91.
(2) Any time spent by the driver of a vehicle on or near the vehicle when it is at rest, when he is at liberty to leave the vehicle for rest and refreshment although required to remain within sight of the vehicle shall be deemed to be an interval of rest for the purposes of clause (a) of sub_section (1) of Section 91 :
Provided that no single instance of less than fifteen minutes shall be deemed to be an interval of rest.
(1) Every driver of a goods vehicle shall keep and every owner of a goods vehicle shall cause to be kept in the vehicle, in English or in any one of the languages of the district a record in Form G.V.R. which shall give, in respect of each day on which the driver was employed in driving the information prescribed in the Form G.V.R.
(2) The record in Form G.V.R. shall be maintained in bound books containing 100 pages in duplicate, each serially numbered and each book shall be got authenticated by the Regional Transport Officer concerned before being used :
Provided that this rule shall not apply to a goods vehicle whose primary permit is issued by the Regional Transport Authority of a Region outside the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(3) Each item of information required by Form G.V.R. shall be entered in the records as soon as the particulars to be recorded are ascertained.
Every passenger in a stage carriage shall, unless he is the holder of a ticket in respect of a particular journey, immediately upon demand by the conductor declare the journey he intends to take or has taken and pay the conductor the fare for the whole of such journey, and demand from the conductor the issue of a ticket of requisite value simultaneously with the payment of fare.
(1) No passenger using or intending to use a stage carriage shall:-
(i) enter or leave or attempt to enter or leave any stage carriage while it is in motion;
(ii) enter into or alight from a stage carriage except by the entrance or exit provided for the purpose;
(iii) enter into a stage carriage without first permitting all passengers leaving the stage carriage to alight;
(iv) knowingly or intentionally in contravention of the instructions of the driver or conductor in this behalf enter a stage carriage which is carrying the maximum number of passengers according to the seating capacity specified in the certificate of registration of the vehicle and any additional passengers permitted under terms of the permit to be carried in excess of the seating capacity of vehicle;
(v) mount the driver's platform or talk or interfere with or otherwi
In relation to the number of persons that may be carried in public service vehicle and the fares chargeable for carrying them in the vehicle :_
(i) a person above twelve yeas of age shall be reckoned as one and a full fare charged;
(ii) a child above three but not more than twelve years of age shall be reckoned as one half and one half of the full fare charged; and
(iii) a child of not more than three years of age shall not be reckoned and no fare shall be charged.
(1) Every conductor or any other person in-charge of a public service vehicle shall immediately after the completion of any trip or journey, as the case may be, carefully search for any property left in the vehicle and shall as soon as may be and in any case within twenty four hours handover such property to the permit holder of the vehicle.
(2) The permit holder of the vehicle shall if the particulars of the person to whom the property belongs are available from any mark or painting on such property cause a notice to be served on that person to take delivery of the property within a fortnight from the date of service of such notice and if that person turns up the property shall be handed over to him after duly satisfying himself that such person is the rightful owner of the property, after collecting from him storing charges *[at the rate of Rs.1.00 per day or thereof].
(3) If the owner of the property is not
Subject to the provisions of the clauses specified hereunder advance booking and reservation of accommodation in an express service shall be permitted on application made orally or in writing by or on behalf of the bona fide passengers and where reservation is made no person or persons other than for whom the accommodation is so reserved shall occupy such accommodation except with the permission of the conductor on duty in the express service :_
(1) Advance booking shall mean sale of passenger tickets not less than 2 hours in advance of the scheduled time of departure of the stage carriage by which the passengers by whom or for whom the tickets are bought intend to travel.
(2) Advance booking shall be permitted not more than ten days in advance of date of the intended journey.
(3) Advance booking shall be stopped when the number of tickets for which passenger seats are provided in the st
(1) In the absence of an enforceable contract to the contrary no hirer shall refuse or omit to pay a fare fixed by law for the hire of motor cab nor shall he refuse to supply his correct name and address to the driver in case of dispute in connection with the fare.
(2) In the case of dispute between the driver of motor cab and the passenger in connection with the fare, either party may require the other to proceed to the nearest police station where the officer in charge shall, if the dispute is not settled amicably, record the names and addresses along with the substance of the respective contentions of both parties and forward them along with his finding to the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority concerned.
The driver of every motor cab provided with a taxi meter shall, as soon as he is hired and no sooner set the taxi meter in motion, and upon the termination of the hiring shall immediately stop the same :
Provided that if a motor cab is called from a garage or stand, to take up a passenger at any place less than 457 metres from the garage or stand, the taxi meter shall not be set in motion until the motor cab shall arrive at such place and be ready to take up the passenger;
Provided further that in event of a motor cab, whilst hired, being unable to proceed on account of any failure of the tyre or the mechanism of the vehicle either temporarily or otherwise, the driver shall at once stop the mechanism of the taxi meter and shall not restart the same until such time as the defect is remedied.
(1) No person shall be carried in the cab of a goods vehicle beyond the number for which there is seating accommodation at the rate of 284 millimeters measured along the seat, excluding the space reserved for the driver for each person and not more than 1[Seven persons in all] shall be carried in any goods vehicle.
(2) No person shall be carried in a goods vehicle upon the goods or otherwise in such a manner that such person is in danger of falling from the vehicle and in no case shall any person be carried in a goods vehicle, in such a manner that any part of his person when he is in sitting position is at a height exceeding 3 metres from the surface upon which the vehicle rests;
(3) No person other than a person connected to the conveyance of goods shall travel in a goods vehicle;
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub_rule (1) the Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport
(1) No animal shall be carried in a goods vehicle unless :_
(i) in the case of goats, sheep, deer or a pig, a minimum floor space of 60 cms. x 100 cms. per head of such animal is provided in the vehicle;
(ii) in the case of any other animal :_
(a) minimum floor space of 210 cms. by 100 cms. per head of animal and half of such floor space for a young one of animal which is weaned is provided in the vehicle;
(b) the load body of the vehicle is constructed of strong wooden planks or of iron sheets with a minimum height of 1,500 cms. measured from the floor of the vehicle on all sides and the back; and
(c) the animals are properly secured by ropes tied to the sides of the vehicles; and
(iii) an attendant provided by the owner of the animals shall accompany the animals with necessary cattle food and give food and water to th
The provisions of Rule 253 shall not apply to motor vehicles registered under Section 60 or to goods vehicle which are being used for the carriage of troops or the police or members of the general public affected by natural calamities like fire, flood and cyclone or by disturbances and agitations and carrying them to places of safety, or by the police for transporting remanded prisoners, under-trial prisoners, convicted prisoners or witnesses.
No person shall sit nor shall any goods be placed on the right of the driver of transport vehicle fitted with right hand steering control and on the left of the driver of a transport vehicle fixed with left hand steering control.
The Transport Authority may if no stopping places have been fixed for stage carriages in accordance with the provisions of any statute, fix such places for such carriage after consultation with such other authority as it may deem desirable. Such stopping places shall be indicated by means of notice boards. The driver of a stage carriage shall stop it at such stopping places when required by any person wishing to alight or enter but he need not stop the carriage for a person wishing to enter it if it is already full. Halts for the purpose of setting down or taking up passengers shall be limited to the time reasonably necessary for such purpose. On routes along which stopping places have been fixed no driver of a stage carriage shall stop at any place other than such stopping place except :_
(i) when failure to stop the vehicle would constitute an offence punishable under these rules or under any law for the time being in force; or
(1) In the case of public service vehicle other than motor cabs if starting places and termini have not been fixed in accordance with provisions of any statute the transport authority may, after consultation with such authority as it may deem desirable, fix starting places and termini, between which such vehicles shall be permitted to be used within its jurisdiction. A list of such places shall be supplied by such authority to every helper of a permit for such vehicles. When such places have been fixed, every such vehicle shall start only from such places.
(2) Where a local authority has provided and maintains a public stand for motor vehicles with facilities for drinking water supply, lighting, latrine and waiting sheds for passengers and convenient parking places, the transport authority may approve of the use of that stand for the purpose of picking up or setting down passengers of public service vehicle other than motor cabs and
(1) In the case of stage carriages, the Regional Transport Authority shall, after consultation with such other authority as it may deem desirable, fix stages on all bus routes except town service. The maximum distance of each stage shall not ordinarily exceed 6.4 kilometres. When stages are so fixed, fares shall be collected according to stages.
Explanation :_ When a passenger gets into or gets down from a stage carriage at a place lying in between two stages, he shall pay the fare from the stage preceding the place where he gets into the bus to the stage succeeding the place where he gets down.
(1) The Regional Transport Authority shall, subject to the following restrictions, determine which are town service routes :_
(i) atleast one terminus of every town service shall lie within the limits of a municipality or any built up place notified in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette as 'town
The Transport Authority may, from time to time,_
(i) by a general order, prescribe a schedule of timing for stage carriages running on specified routes; or
(ii) by a Special Order, prescribe a schedule of timing for each stage carriage.
(1) When a schedule of timings has been prescribed under Rule 259 every stage carriage on such a route shall run in accordance with it except :
(i) When prevented by accident or other unavoidable cause; or
(ii) When otherwise authorised in writing by the authority granting the permit; or
(iii) to the extent provided for in sub_rule (2).
(2) Where a permit holder has more than one vehicle plying exclusively in the same route he may, notwithstanding that a schedule of timings has been fixed for each vehicle, use temporarily, and in any case for not more than ten days at any one time any one of the other vehicles to maintain all or any one of the timings fixed for a particular vehicle on the route:
Provided that:
(a) intimation thereof is sent to the authority which granted the permit to the authority, if any, w
If, at any time, a stage carriage is prevented from running in accordance with the schedule prescribed or, where no schedule is prescribed is prevented from performing the service for which a permit has been granted, the holder of the permit shall forthwith report the fact and the reason therefor to the Secretary of the Transport Authority which granted the permit and to the authority, if any which has endorsed or extended the permit.
The holder of the permit shall be responsible and punishable for a breach of Rule 260 in addition to any other person who may be responsible and punishable for such breach.
If the holder of a stage carriage permit proposes to withdraw the service which the vehicle covered by the permit is providing before the expiry of the permit, he shall, unless prevented by unavoidable circumstances, give atleast one month's notice of his intention to the transport authority which issued the permit, and shall surrender the permit on the date from which the service is withdrawn. On receipt of the notice, the transport authority shall post a copy of the notice on a suitable notice board situated on the premises of the authority.
If any holder of a public carrier's permit or contract carriage permit for whatever reason withdraws the vehicle from the service authorised by the permit and does not restore the vehicle service within a period of fifteen days, he shall forthwith report the fact of such withdrawal, the reason therefor and the expected period of such withdrawal, to the authority which granted the permit and shall immediately on restoration of the vehicle to the service also report the fact of such restoration to the said authority.
The furnishing of reports under Rule 261 or Rule 264 shall not prejudice the action, if any, that might be taken under law in respect of the permit for non-performance or irregular performance of the service authorised by the permit.
The Transport Authority may by general order direct that every stage carriage shall stop at such stations on its route as the transport authority may prescribe, and thereupon the conductor of every stage carriage shall correctly enter in the register in Form TGR kept at each such station the particulars specified therein.
The driver or conductor of every public service vehicle other than, a motor cab shall maintain trip sheets serially numbered in duplicate in a bound book in Form 'TSS' or TSC' for each journey in a separate sheet in English or in one of the languages of the district :
Provided that the Regional Transport Authority may exempt a driver or a conductor of a town bus service from maintaining trip sheets in the Form aforesaid subject to the condition that a trip-sheet containing the following particulars is maintained in a Form approved by the State Transport Authority :_
(i) The arrival and departure timings;
(ii) The hours of duty of conductors and drivers;
(iii) The number of passengers carried on each trip; and
(iv) The name of the conductor and his licence number.
The owner of every auto-rickshaw shall maintain a Record Sheet, serially numbered in duplicate in a bound book in Form RSA with a copy to be kept in the Auto-rickshaw.
(i) The driver and owner of every auto-rickshaw shall exhibit or cause to be exhibited a plate inside the auto-rickshaw on the portion between the driver's seat and the passengers seat in a manner visible to the passengers from the seat containing the following particulars, namely :_
(a) Name of the auto owner;
(b) Registration Number of the auto-rickshaw;
(c) Tariff of the fare.
(ii) The plate mentioned in sub_rule (1) above shall have dimensions of not less than 20 cms. in length and 20 cms. in width, with black background and white letters. The dimensions of each letter written shall be not less than 3 mms. in length and 3 mms. in breadth;
(iii) Every auto-rickshaw, when the vehicle is not to be engaged for hire or home bound or garage bound, 'TO SHED' board should be exhibited. The board should be painted in white letters on
(i) The driver and the owner of every taxi cab other than auto-rickshaw shall exhibit or cause to be exhibited a place inside the taxi cab on the back of the driver's seat in a manner visible to the passengers sitting on the rear seat containing the following particulars, viz. :_
(a) Name of the owner of the taxi cab;
(b) Registration Number of the taxi cab;
(c) Tariff of the fare.
(ii) The plate mentioned in sub_rule (i) above shall have dimensions of not less than 20 cms. in length and 20 cms. in width, with the black background and white letters. The dimensions of each letter written shall be not less than 3 mms. in length and 3 mms. in breadth.
Trip-sheets shall :
(i) be carried by the conductor or in case there is no conductor by the driver, whenever the vehicle is in use;
(ii) be duly filled up, from time to time as occasion arises, by the conductor or in case there is no conductor, by the driver; and
(iii) be open to inspection by any Police Officer not below the rank of Head Constable or by any Magistrate or by any Regional Transport Officer or by an Inspector of Motor Vehicles and shall be preserved for a period of one year after the expiry of the period to which they relate and be open for inspection by any person authorised to stop the vehicle under Rule 288.
Every holder of a permit shall, in respect of every public service vehicle specified in the permit, maintain in English or in one of the languages of the district, trip-register in Form TR in a bound book of which the pages are serially numbered. The trip-register shall be posted daily from the trip-sheets maintained under Rule 267 and be at all times, open to inspection by any police officer not below the rank of sub_Inspector or by any Officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles. The trip-register shall be preserved by the holder of a permit in respect of every public service vehicle for a period of three years after the expiry of the period to which it relates.
The provisions of Rules 267 to 272 shall not apply to any stage carriage belonging to the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation :
Provided that the driver or conductor of such motor vehicle shall, on demand by any inspecting officer specified in clause (iii) of Rule 271 produce for inspection the conductor's statistical return and control chart as prescribed by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation;
Provided further that the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation shall, whenever required by any of the officers specified in Rule 272 produce the statistical return or the control chart for his inspection.
The provisions of Rules 267 to 272 shall not apply to any stage carriage belonging to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams :
Provided that the driver or conductor's of such motor vehicle shall on demand by any inspecting officer specified in clause (iii) of Rule 271 produce for inspecting the conductor traffic return, timings chart and control chart as prescribed by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams;
Provided further, that the Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams shall whenever required by any of the officers specified in Rule 271, produce or cause the production of the return and chart mentioned above before such officer.
(1) Both termini of the route on which the stage carriage is plying shall be clearly stated in Telugu and English in the regions of Andhra and Rayalaseema in Telugu, English and Urdu in the Telangana Region on boards exhibited at the top on the front and rear of the vehicle.
(2) The board shall be painted in black letters not less than 5 millimeters high on a white background. It shall be clearly visible and unobstructed by cap equipment or otherwise and illuminated by white light from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.
In respect of every express stage carriage a board showing the following inscription in red letters on white background shall be carried prominently in front of the vehicle at the top:
"Express"
The driver shall be responsible for illumination and conductor for exhibiting the proper boards.
If the holder of a permit ceases to reside or to have his place of business, as the case may be, at the address set forth in the permit, he shall within fourteen days send the permit to the transport authority by which the permit was issued intimating the new address.
Upon receipt of intimation under Rule 278 the Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority, as the case may be, shall, after making such enquiries as the authority, deems fit, enter in the permit the new address and shall intimate the particulars to the authority of any region in which the permit is valid by virtue of endorsement of extension.
In addition to the provisions of Section 52, the owner of a transport vehicle shall, at the time of reporting the alteration of the vehicle to the registering authority, forward a copy of the report to the transport authority by which the permit of the vehicle was granted.
Upon receipt of a report under Rule 280 the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued may, if the alteration is such as to contravene any of the provisions or conditions of the permit :_
(i) vary the permit accordingly; on an application for variation filed; or
(ii) require the permit-holder to produce a substitute vehicle within such period as the authority may specify, and, if the holder fails to comply with such requirement, cancel or suspend the permit.
A Transport Authority varying, suspending or cancelling a permit or causing another vehicle to be substituted for a vehicle covered by a permit, shall intimate particulars to the transport authority of any other region in which the permit is valid by virtue of endorsement or extension or otherwise.
No vehicle trailer other than the trailing half of an articulated vehicle shall be attached to a public service vehicle unless the permit of the stage carriage specifically permits the usage of such trailers.
Subject to the provisions of Rule 285 all provisions of these rules relating to a goods carriage permit shall apply to any trailer used for the purposes of Goods Carriage.
No trailer other than the trailing half of an articulated vehicle shall be attached to a goods vehicle unless the permit of goods vehicle specifically permits the use of such trailer:
Provided that in cases a person holds two or more permits in respect of truck-trailer or tractor-trailer combinations, the Transport Authority may in its discretion and subject to conditions as it thinks fit, permit the use of any one of the trailers with any one of the trucks of the same owner provided the taxes due in respect of all the vehicles are paid.
(1) Any of the following persons may, at any time when a goods vehicle is in a public place, call upon the driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and to keep it at rest for such time as may be necessary to enable him to make reasonable examination of the contents of the vehicle :_
(i) any Police Officer in uniform not below the rank of Circle Inspector;
(ii) any officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles;
(iii) any Gazetted Officer of Highways Department;
(iv) any Minister of the Government;
* [(v) any officer of the Mines and Geology Department not below the rank of Inspector of Mines to ensure that the requirements of mining laws are observed and fulfilled;]
(vi) any officer of the Central Excise Department in uniform not below the rank of an Inspector;
Every driver of a goods vehicle entering or leaving the State shall pass through the border check-post maintained by the Government which led closet to his route and shall produce all the documents of the goods vehicle before the concerned officers of the check-post and also permit the examination of the contents of the vehicle by the concerned officials of the check-post :
Provided that this rule does not apply to the Depot goods transport vehicles belonging to Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation which are not engaged in transport of goods of other persons for hire or reward.
(1) Any of the following persons may, at any time, when a public vehicle is in a public place call upon the driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and to keep at rest for such time as may be necessary to enable him to make reasonable examination of the number of passengers and other contents of the vehicle so as to satisfy himself that the provisions of the Act and these rules and the provisions and conditions of the permit in respect of the vehicle are being complied with:
(i) any Police Officer in uniform not below the rank of Circle Inspector;
(ii) any officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles;
(iii) any Minister of the Government;
(iv) any officer of the Narcotics not below the rank of a sub_Inspector; and
(v) any officer of the Department of Information and Public Relations n
* [ Any officer of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation not below the rank of Traffic Ticket Inspector, Grade-III may exercise powers of enforcing Rule 244 in respect of passengers travelling in the stage-carriages of the said Corporation * [and the Office rmay impose a fine of Rs.5/- (Rupees five only) on the person who indicates Rule 244 in respect of all types of services of the Corporation.]
Any member of the Regional Transport Authority or State Transport Authority may, exercise the powers conferred under Rules 286 and 288.
A Court convicting the holder of a permit of an offence punishable under the Act or these rules shall communicate particulars of such conviction in Form P I, to the authority which granted the permit and to the authority, if any which has endorsed or extended the validity of the permit.
(1) If a person other than a State Transport Undertaking holds a stage carriage permit for two or more routes, the Transport Authority may in its discretion and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit permit him to use a vehicle in respect of which he holds a valid stage carriage permit on any of such routes:
Provided that the vehicles shall be used only for the provision of such transport facilities as the owner is authorised to provide in accordance with the terms of the permits which he holds.
(2) In the case of a State Transport Undertaking, the State Transport Authority may in its discretion authorise the State Transport Undertaking to use any stage carriage covered by a permit whether regular or temporary issued by any Transport Authority in the State, to ply on any one of the routes for which permits have been granted by the Transport Authorities in the State subject to the following conditions :_
(a) A vehicle which is used solely for publicity work for leprosy by the Hind Kust Nivaran Sangh, Andhra Pradesh State Branch shall be deemed to be used for a public purpose within the meaning of Section 66(3)(f).
(b) Propaganda Van M.S.Y. 7406 belonging to the Harijan Sevak Sangh which is engaged in propaganda work for the removal of untouchability shall be deemed to be used for a public purpose within the meaning of Section 66 (3) (f);
(c) A vehicle owned by a religious or charitable non-profit making institution recognised as such by the Government and used solely for the transport of its member employees or goods shall be deemed to be used for a public purpose within the meaning of Section 66(3)(f).
(d) The tractor bearing registration number APC 3725 and a trailer to be used in conjunction with the said tractor belonging to Anthyodaya, Manda, Anandasram Post, Cuddapah District and a
(1) The hood of every motor cab other than auto-rickshaw for which a contract carriage permit is granted shall be painted in green or yellow and the rest of the body in black colour.
(2) the painting as prescribed in sub_rule (1) shall not be necessary in case of motor cab, other than auto-rickshaw for which a contract carriage permit is granted if the sign 'Taxi' is prominently exhibited on the front hood of the motor cab with provision for illumination of the same during the nights;
(3) The size of letters in the sign 'Taxi' in sub_rule (2) shall have the same size of letters as applicable to registration mark under the Act and shall be shown in red colour on a yellow back ground.
Every Autorickshaw for which a contract carriage permit is granted by the Regional Transport Authorities in the State shall be painted in yellow colour over the body.
* [ Every Motor Cycle Taxi for which a Contract Carriage permit is granted by the Regional Transport Authority in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad shall be painted in yellow colour on mudguards and black colour on the other parts of the vehicle.]
Nothwithstanding anything contained in Rule 295, every goods carriage carrying dangerous or hazardous goods shall be painted in white colour in respect of its body and orange colour in respect of its driver's cabin in addition to the display of labels as prescribed under Rule 129 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 :
Provided that a goods carriage which is not already painted in the manner specified above shall be so painted on or before such date as the Transport Commissoner may notify in that behalf: Provided further that this rule shall not apply to goods carriage covered by the National Permits granted under sub_section (12) of Section 88 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.]
Every goods vehicles shall be painted either fully or its front and rear portions in highway yellow colour :
Provided that a goods vehicle which is not already painted in the manner specified above shall be so painted on or before such date as the Government may notify in that behalf;
Provided further that this rule shall not apply to goods vehicles belonging to the Police Department and the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation goods vehicles covered by National Permits granted under Section 88(12) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;
Provided also that the Transport Commissioner may for valid and genuine reasons grant exemption in any specified case.
Every tractor/trailer combination other than the combination used for own agricultural purposes shall be painted in full or it's front and rear in 'Highway Yellow Colour'.
Every school bus used by the Educational Institution for the purpose of students shall be painted in canary yellow colour :
Provided that an Educational Institution bus which is not already painted in the manner specified above shall be so painted on or before such date as the Transport Commissioner may notify in that behalf.]
(1) In this rule, unless the context otherwise requires :
(a) "Agent" means a person who engages himself in the sale of tickets for travel by Stage Carriages, or in the booking of contracts for hiring out other public service vehicles, or in otherwise, solicting customers of such vehicles and includes a canvasser, contractor, employee of the permit holder, and the permit-holder himself while engaged in such sale, booking or solicting customer;
(b) "Agent's Licence" means the document issued to the agent by a licensing authority authorising him to act as agent, under Section 93 of the Act;
(c) "Common purpose of journey" means the intention shared alike by all the persons travelling by the public service vehicles;
(i) to attend a meeting, gathering or function, social, religious, political and the like; or
(ii) to go on a pilgrimage or tour to
(1) In this rule, unless the context otherwise requires :_
(a) "agent", means any person who engages directly or indirecly in business of:
(i) Collecting;
(ii) Forwarding and distributing; and
(iii) Collecting, forwarding and distributing goods carried by any public carrier;
(b) "Agents licence" means a licence granted under sub_rule (3);
(c) "Collecting Agent" means a person licensed to do the business of collecting goods carried by any public carrier;
(d) "Collecting and Forwarding Agent" means a person licensed to do the business of collecting, forwarding and distributing goods carried by any public carrier;
(e) "Forwarding Agent" means a person licensed to do the business of forwarding and distributing goods carried by any public carrier;
(f) "Lice
Every scheme for road transport service formulated by the State Government under Section 99 shall be punished by the State Government in Form STU.
Any scheme for road transport service as approved or modified by the State Government shall be notified in the manner specified in Form STU-AS.
(1) Every approved scheme proposed to be modified by the government under Section 102 (1) shall be punished in Form STU-GMSC (P) in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.
(2) The provisions in Rules 302, 303 and 304 shall as far as may apply to every modification proposed by the State Government under Section 102 (1).
(3) An approved scheme for road transport service as modified by the State Government under Section 102 (1) shall be published in A.P. Gazette in the manner specified in Form STU-GMS.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 300 where the State Government consider it expedient to relax the prohibition or restriction of a provision in the approved scheme relating to the other service only, it shall be sufficient in such cases, if a notice of fifteen days and an opportunity of being heard under Section 102 (1) is given to the State Transport Undertaking and any other person who in the opinion of the Government, is likely to be affected by the proposed notification, before the modification is ordered.
Apart from the publication in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, all schemes formulated by the State Government shall be published atleast in one Telugu Daily Newspaper circulating in the area covered concerned.
Any person referred to in Section 100(1) of the Act affected by the scheme published by the State Government under Section 99 or Section 102 may within 30 days from the date of publication of the scheme in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette file his objections thereto before the Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh in-charge of Transport. The objections shall be submitted in Form STU (OBJ) and shall be signed by the objector or his authorised agent as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by two additional copies of the same.
Explanation :_ Authorised Agent referred to in this rule shall mean a person who holds a valid power of attorney from his principal.
The representatives of the State Transport Undertaking and the objectors or their authorised agents if they so desire, shall be heard by the Government on such date and at such time and place and in such manner as may be determined and communicated to the parties concerned not less than fourteen days in advance.
The State Transport Authority or Regional Transport Authority concerned shall cause a copy of every order passed under sub_section (2) of Section 103 to be exhibited on the notice boards of the Offices of the State Transport Authority and the Regional Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authorities concerned and such order shall take effect from such date as may be specified in the order. The State Transport Authority or of Regional Transport Authority concerned shall also cause to be served upon the permit holder to whom the order relates a copy of the said order.
(i) The State Transport Undertaking shall, at any time after the approval of scheme under sub_section (2) of Section 100 apply for issue of permit in Form STUSCA in respect of a particular stage carriage.
*[(ii) The fee for issue of a permit shall be as per sub-rule (1) of Rule 195 and for renewal of permit shall be as per sub-rule (2) of Rule 195.]
Notwithstanding anything in Rule 306 where an emergency arises that the State Transport Undertaking cannot procure its own vehicle to run its own service in a nationalised route, the State Transport Undertaking shall be at liberty to run any private vehicle taken on hire on payment of fixed hire charges duly obtaining a permit by an application in Form STUSCA for such vehicle.
The Regional Transport Authority concerned or the State Transport Authority may by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette delegate all or any of its functions, duties or powers, specified in sub_section (1) and sub_section (2) of Section 103 and power to grant temporary permits under the proviso to Section 104 to its Secretary or Additional Secretary or Joint Secretary, if any.
Any notice or order required to be served on any person under the provisions of this Chapter shall be served,_
(a) by tendering or delivering a copy thereof to the person on whom it is to be served or his agents, if any or any adult member of his family or servant residing with him; or
(b) by sending it by registered post at the last known address of the person on whom it is to be served;
(c) by affixing it to some conspicuous place at his residence or business, in case the above two methods are considered impracticable.
The Superintendent of Police or in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the Commissioner of Police, may, by order in writing authorise the driving at night without lights, of motor vehicles registered under Section 60 of the Act, during such hours on such route or routes or in such area within his jurisdiction and subject to such conditions as may be specified in order.
The height prescribed for the obligatory front lamps of a motor vehicle under Rule 105(3) of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 shall not apply to :_
(i) the internal lighting of any motor vehicle; or
(ii) any light necessary to illuminate the route board of a public service vehicle; or
(iii) the red light to the vehicle coveying the Governor of Andhra Pradesh; or
(iv) the flinker type of red lights with purple glass fitted on the top most positioned of the cabin preferably in the centre of the ambulance van used or adopted to be used for conveying patient.
Where a trailer is being drawn by a motor vehicle other than the drawn part of an articulated vehicle, lamp of, as nearly as possible, the same size and power or the rear lamp and showing a red light to the rear shall be affixed to the trailer vertically above or below the rear lamp at a distance of less than 0.6 metres or more than 0.9 metres for the rear lamp.
The provision of the use of red light or white light on motor vehicle as stipulated under Rule 108 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 shall not apply,_
(i) to the vehicle carrying the Governor of Andhra Pradesh or vehicles escorting such vehicles;
(ii) to the vehicles carrying the Chief Secretary to Government and * [the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police.]
*[(iii) to the vehicles carrying the Chief Justice, Judges of the High Court, Lokayukta, Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Vice-Chairman, central Administrative Tribunal.]
*[(iv) to the vehicles carrying the Vice-Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal.]
*(v) to the vehicle carrying the Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.]
No motor vehicle shall show a blue light to the front except in respect of vehicles carrying the Chief Minister, all Ministers, Chairman, Planning and Development Committees, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council.
Every locomotive shall have an efficient breaking system, the brakes of which act upon all the wheels of the locomotive other than the steering wheels.
Every non-transport vehicle and every motor cab shall be fitted with a mirror and every transport vehicle other than motor cab shall be fitted with a convex mirror, which is so placed that the driver can have a clear view of the traffic approaching from the rear.
No mascot or other similar fitting or device shall be carried by any motor vehicle in any position where it is likely to strike any person with whom the vehicle may collide unless the mascot is unlikely to cause injury to any person by reason of any projection thereon.
No motor vehicle other than a rack laying vehicle shall be driven at a speed in excess of 9.7 kilometres per hour unless it is fitted with pneumatic tyres on all wheels.
If the tyres of the wheels of a tractor, locomotive or heavy motor vehicle, are neither pneumatic nor made of a soft or elastic material, they shall satisfy the following conditions :
The tyres of each wheel shall be smooth and shall, where the tyres touch the surface of the road or other base whereon the vehicle moves or rests be flat :
Provided that the edges of the tyres may be levelled or rounded to the extent of not more than 13 millimeters in the case of each edge;
Provided further that if the tyres are constructed of separate plates, the plates may be separated by parallel spaces which shall be disposed throughout the outer surface of the tyres so that nowhere shall the aggregate extent of the space or spaces in the course of a straight line drawn horizontally across the circumference of the wheel exceed one-eight part of the width of the tyre;
Provided also
If any wheel of a tractor, locomotive or heavy motor vehicle is fitted with a tyre which is neither pneumatic nor made of a soft or elastic material, the diameter of the wheel shall be not less than 0.6 metres.
Explanation :_ For the purpose of this rule, 'diameter' in relation to a wheel means the diameter measured between the two opposite points in the outer surface of the tyre which are farthest apart.
'width' in relation to the tyre of a wheel, means the distance measured horizontally and in a straight line across the circumference of the wheel and between the two points in the outer surface of the tyre which are farthest apart.
Every motor vehicle and every trailer drawn thereby shall be equipped with suitable and sufficient means of springing adequately maintained in good and sound condition between the road wheels and the frame of the vehicle:
Provided that this rule shall not apply to,_
(i) any tractor exceeding 4536 kilograms in weight unladen if all the unsprung wheels of the tractor are fitted with pneumatic tyres;
(ii) any land locomotive, land tractor, land implement, agriculture trailer used solely for the haulage of felled trees or such other heavy loads cannot be carried on springs;
(iii) Motor cycles and three wheelers;
(iv) vehicle designed for use in works or in private premises and used on a road only in passing from one part of the works of premises to another or to works or premises within a distance of 3.2 kilometres; and
(v)
The registering authority shall note the extent of overhang of the vehicle registered in the certificates of registration.
(1) Every motor vehicle except a locomotive, a tractor or a trailer, shall unless adequate protection is afforded by the body of the motor vehicle, be provided with suitable wings.
(2) The rear wheels of every trailer except a trailer drawn by a locomotive shall be provided with suitable wings:
Provided that this rule shall not apply to any motor chassis upon which a body is not yet built.
(1) The side-car of every motor cycle shall be attached to the left-hand side of the motor cycle. The wheel of the side-car shall not be wholly outside lines drawn at right angles to the motor cycle from the extreme and front rear point of the motor cycle.
(2) Every pillion seat attached to a motor cycle shall,_
(i) have two footrests on either side of and directly below the seat fitted in such a manner that a person sitting on the pillion seat can rest his feet on such foot-rests:
(ii) have a suitable spring cushion seat;
(iii) have a hand grip fitted to the front of the seat;
(iv) no pillion rider shall be carried while the driver is holding a learner's licence.
Every Motor Vehicle for the use of passengers in which the driver's seat is separated from any passenger's compartment by a fixed partition shall be furnished with efficient means to enable the passengers and the conductor, if any, to signal to the driver to stop the vehicle.
Every public service vehicle and all parts thereof, including paint work or varnish, shall be maintained in a clean and sound condition and the engine mechanism and all working parts in reliable working order.
A double-decked public service vehicle shall not be liable to be over-turned when loaded with weights of 59 kilograms per person placed in the correct relative position to represent the driver and conductor, if carried and full complement of passengers on the upper deck only if the surface on which the vehicle stands were fitted to either side to an angle of 28 degrees from the horizontal.
A single decked public service vehicle other than a motor cab shall not be liable to be over-turned under any conditions of load, at an allowance of 59 kilograms per passenger, plus the maximum weight of luggage and goods which the vehicle is permitted to carry, if the surface on which the vehicle stands were titled to either side to an angle of 35 degrees from the horizontal.
For the purpose of conducting tests of stability of a public service vehicle, the height of any stop used to prevent a wheel of the vehicle from slipping side way, shall not be greater than two-thirds of the distance between the surface upon which the vehicle stands before it is titled and that part of the rim of that wheel which is the nearest to such surface when the wheel is loaded in accordance with the requirement of Rules 327 and 328.
In the case of vehicle used as a stage carriage no part of the vehicle other than a direction indicator when in operation, or a driving mirror shall project laterally more than 356 millimetres beyond the centre line of the rear wheels in the case of a single rear wheel or more than 152 millimetres beyond the extreme outer edge of the outer tyre in the case of dual-rear wheels.
(1) In every Public Service vehicle other than a motor cab there shall be provided for each passenger a reasonably comfortable seating space of not less than 38 centimetres in square measured on straight lines along and at right angles to the front of seat:
(i) When the seats are placed along the vehicle, the backs of the seats on one side shall be at least 1,372 millimetres distant from the backs of the seats on the other side;
(ii) When the seats are placed across the vehicle and are facing in the same direction there shall be every where a clear square of not less than 686 millimetres between the backs of seats and there shall also be clear leg room of 279 millimetres between the front of a seat back of the seat facing it;
(iii) When the seats are placed across the vehicle and are facing each other there shall be a clear space excluding padding and upholstery between the surface of an
Every stage carriage shall have a body of the saloon type.
(1) In every compartment of every public service vehicle the entrance to which compartment is from the front or rear, there shall be a gangway along the vehicle.
(i) where seats are placed along the sides of the vehicle, there shall be a gangway of a clear space of not less than 610 millimetres measured between front of the seats;
(ii) where seats are placed across the vehicle there shall be a gangway a clear space of not less than 356 millimetres between any part of adjoining seats or their supports; and
(iii) where seats are placed, some along the sides of the vehicle and some across the vehicle there shall be a gangway of 482 millimetres between any part of the adjoining of their supports.
(2) Where the vehicle has seats across the full width of the body with separate door to each seat, a gangway from front to rear of the vehicle shall not be required
(1) Subject to the provisions of Rule 331 regarding seating accommodation the number of passengers excluding the driver, conductor and one checking inspector, that a public service vehicle may be permitted to carry, shall not exceed the number determined by dividing the difference in kilograms between the registered laden weight and unladen weight less 163 by 59 in the case of double-decked and by 68 in the case of single-decked vehicles.
(2) The minimum seating capacity of a public service vehicle other than a motor cab, an autorickshaw or an express stage carriage or a carriage with superior accommodation (Deluxe) or a contract carriage with superior accommodation (Deluxe) or an air-conditioned contract carriage or a stage carriage used partly for carriage of passengers and partly for carriage of goods within the body (Cargo Bus) shall be directly proportionate to the wheel base of the vehicle; and
(1) The Transport Authority may impose a condition in the permit of any stage carriage that the vehicle shall in addition to the seated passengers, carry such number of standing passengers as may be determined by the Registering Authority, according to the following formula:
(i) The number of standing passengers to be carried shall not exceed the number arrived at:- (a) In the case of vehicle having gangway of the width of not less than 380 millimetres but not more than 762 millimetres.
| No. of standing passengers |
Length of the gangway (M.M.) |
Length space for rear seat passenger (M.M.) |
| 381 | ||
(1) All Public Service vehicles other than a vehicle with three wheels shall have a steering on the right hand side of the vehicle.
(2) The State Transport Authority or its Chairman if authorised by it in this behalf may by order in writing direct that nothing in sub_rule (1) and Rules 337, 338 and 339 in regard to and consequent upon the provision requiring that the vehicle shall be driven from the right hand side, shall apply to a public service vehicle or specified class of public service vehicle fitted with left-hand steering control and obtained through the Disposals Organisation of the Central Government.
(3) Where registering authority registers a Public Service vehicle in respect of which or belonging to class in respect of which, an order under sub_rule (2) has been made he shall note in the certificate of registration the fact that nothing in sub_rule (1) and Rules 337, 338 and 339 in regard to and c
(1) On every stage carriage there shall be provided for the conductor a reasonably comfortable seating space of not less than 381 millimetres square so located as to allow him at all times a complete view of the inside of the vehicle :
Provided that in the case of stage carriage operating within the limits of a town or City a 'standing seat' will be sufficient, if so, specifically declared by the Regional Transport Authority.
(2) On every public service vehicle space shall be reserved for the driver's seat such as to allow him to have complete control of the vehicle and in particular :_
(i) the part of the seat against which the driver's back rests shall not be less than 279 millimetres from the nearest point on the steering wheel;
(ii) the width across the vehicle shall be not less than 686 millimetres and shall extend to the left of centre of the steering column
(1) No Public Service vehicle shall be so constructed that any person may sit or any luggage may be carried on the right hand side of the driver.
(2) No public service vehicle shall carry more than one person by the left hand side of the driver's seat and no such person shall be carried unless there is a separate and proper sitting accommodation provided for him by the side of the driver's seat.
Every Public Service vehicle shall be so constructed that, save for the front pillar of the body, the driver shall have a clear vision both to the front and through an angle of 90 degrees to his right hand side and his left hand side. The front pillar of the body shall be so constructed as to obstruct the vision of the driver to the least possible extent.
(1) Every entrance and exit of a public service vehicle other than motor cab shall be at least 535 millimetres in width and of sufficient height :
Provided that this provision shall not apply to vehicles of the open type in which the seats are not enclosed by the body of the vehicle.
* [(2) Every entrance and exit of a public service vehicle other than a motor cab and a stage carriage intended to ply on town service routes and short distance mofussil service routes (ordinary), shall be provided with doors to prevent the passengers from falling out.]
A grab rail shall be fitted to every entrance or exit other than an emergency exit, of a public service vehicle.
In Every Auto-rickshaw,_
(i) the right side shall either be blocked by a fixed door upto the waist level of the passenger in seated position provided with two chromium plated rods, one below the other leaving in between a gap of 25 centimetres and the lower one being at the level of the hip of the passenger and that both the rods are welded to the frame at both ends;
(ii) a grab rail shall be fitted on the left side with suitable padding so that the passenger can alight and get in or get down from the autorickshaw;
(iii) a locking mechanism shall be fixed for the steering to prevent the vehicles waving on roads and the mobility of the front wheel of the autorickshaw shall be restricted to 40 degrees on either side.
In every public service vehicle other than a motor cab top of the tread of the lowest step for any entrance or exit, other than an emergency exit shall not be more than 432 millimetres or less than 254 millimetres above the ground when the vehicle is empty. All steps shall be fitted with non-slip treads. Fixed steps shall not be less than 229 millimetres wide and shall in no case project laterally beyond the body of the vehicle unless they are so protected that they are not liable to injure pedestrians.
In the case of Double-Decked Vehicle,_
(i) to raisers of all steps leading from the lower to the upper deck shall be closed and no unguarded sporture shall be left at the top landing board;
(ii) all steps leading from the lower to the upper deck shall be fitted with non-slip treads;
(iii) the horizontal distance from the nearest point of the riser of the top step to the vertical line passing through the nearest point of the seat opposite to the top tread of the staircase excluding any grab rail which does not project more than 76 millimetres from the back of the seat, shall not be less than 660 millimetres;
(iv) the outer stringer of an outside staircase shall be so constructed, or a band shall be so placed, as to act as a screen to persons ascending or descending and the height of the outer guard rail shall not be less than one metre above the front of the t
The seats of a public service vehicle shall be provided with cushions made either of springs or rubber foam material of not less than 75 millimetres thickness which shall be covered with suitable material capable of being kept in a clean and sanitary condition :
Provided that cushions for the seats are not necessary in respect of stage carriages permitted to ply in town service routes fitted with seats of Polypropelene moulded chair type.
Every Public Service vehicle other than a motor cab, shall have the following internal height or head-room measured along the centres of the vehicle from the top of the floor boards or battens to the underside of the roof supports,_
(i) in the case of a single-decked vehicle with a permanent top, not less than 1.4 metres and more than 1.9 metres;
(ii) in the case of a single-decked vehicle with a movable hood, not less than 1.4 metres;
(iii) in the case of a double-decked vehicle, not less than 1.8 metres for the lower deck and not less than 1.7 metres for the upper deck which shall be of the covered type;
(iv) in the case of one and a half-decked vehicle not less than 2.1 metres in the lower deck and not less than 1.5 metres in the portion above the luggage boot;
* [(v) In the case of Sleeper bus or coach not less than 1.9 metres and not mor
Every public service vehicle other than a motor cab shall be so constructed that,_
(i) in the case of a single decked vehicle with an enclosed body :_
(a) the height of the body sides from the floor or the height to the sills of the windows as the case may be, shall not be less than (0.56) metres;
(b) If the bottom of any open window or other opening is less than 660 millimetres above the seat provision shall be made by means of guard rails or otherwise to prevent passengers putting their arms out:
(ii) in the case of single decked vehicle with open sides guard rails shall be provided along the right-hand side of the vehicle to prevent any person other than the driver from mounting or alighting from the vehicle on that side;
(iii) in the case of a double-decked vehicle with an uncovered top deck, the top deck shall be provided with side and e
(1) Every public service vehicle other than a motor cab shall be constructed with a fixed and water tight roof and every motor cab shall be either constructed with a fixed and water-tight roof or equipped with a water-tight hood that may be raised or lowered as required;
(2) Save in the case of the uncovered top-deck of a double decked vehicle, every public service vehicle shall have suitable window, venetians or screens capable at all times of protection the passengers from the weather without preventing adequate ventilation of the vehicle. When the screens are made of fabric they should be capable of being fastened securely to the vehicle;
(3) Where glass windows or venetians are used, they must be provided with an effective means to prevent their rattling.
Luggage carried on the outside of a stage carriage shall be protected in wet weather by a suitable water-proof covering. The covering shall be securely fastened so as to prevent flapping.
(1) No light other than an electric light shall be fitted to any public service vehicle;
(2) Every public service vehicle other than a motor cab, shall be furnished with one or more electric lights adequate to give reasonable illumination throughout the passengers compartment or compartments but of such power or so screened as not to impair the forward vision of the driver.
The body of every public service vehicle shall be soundly constructed to the satisfaction of the Regional Transport Authority and shall be securely fastened to the frame of the vehicle.
A sleeper bus or coach shall conform to the following specifications namely:_
(1) The vehicle shall have a front entrance-cum-exit door on left side operated by driver/attendant equipped with assist rails in front of the front axle.
(2) The over all height of the vehicle shall have a maximum of 3.8 meters including A.C. hood.
(3) The interior height of the vehicle shall have maximum of 2.15 meters (head-room).
(4) Roof ceiling shall be provided with soft material or equivalent material like ABS plastic to prevent impact.
(5) The maximum height of the each step shall be 250 millimetres. The minimum depth shall be 230 millimeters. All the steps shall be provided with non-slip treads.
(6) The total saloon interior length shall not be less than 9.2 metres.
(7) Each saloon or coupe shall accommodate fo
No fuel tank shall be placed in any public service vehicle under any part of any gangway which is within 0.6 metres of any entrance or exit of a single-decked vehicle or the lower deck of a double-decked vehicle.
The fuel tank of every public service vehicle shall be so placed that no overflow therefrom shall fall upon any wood work or accumulate on any part of the vehicle.
In every public service vehicle any carburettor and apparatus associated therewith shall be so placed and shielded that no fuel leaking therefrom shall fall upon any part or fitting that is capable of igniting it or into any receptacle where it might accumulate.
The exhaust pipe of every public service vehicle shall be fitted or shielded that no inflammable material can be thrown upon it from any other part of the vehicle and that it is not likely to cause a fire through proximity to any inflammable material on the vehicle.
All electric wires or leads shall be adequately insulated.
Every Public Service Vehicle and every goods vehicle other than motor cab and Light Motor Vehicle shall be fitted with a fire extinguishing apparatus.
All moving parts of every public service vehicle and all parts subject to severe vibration connected bolts or studs and nuts shall be fastened by some efficient device so as to prevent them working or coming loose.
(1) The floor boards of every public service vehicle shall be so fitted as to exclude as far as possible draughts and dust.
(2) The floor boards shall not be pierced save for the purpose of drainage.
(1) Save as otherwise specified by the Regional Transport Authority, every public service vehicle shall at all times be equipped with atleast one spare wheel or rim fitted with a pneumatic tyre readily inflated, and mounted in such a way that it can be readily dismounted.
(2) sub_rule (1) shall not apply to public service vehicle during the completion of any journey during which it has been necessary to bring the spare wheel or rim and tyre into use.
(3) Save as otherwise specified by the Transport Authority every public service vehicle shall at all times be furnished with an efficient jack and other tools necessary to change a wheel or rim and tyre and with the equipment necessary to repair puncture.
No advertising device, figure or writing shall be exhibited on any public service vehicle save as may be specified by the Regional Transport Authority or the State Transport Authority as the case may be by general or specified order.
(1) Public service vehicle when regularly used for carrying Government mail by, or under a contract with, the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department, may exhibit in a conspicuous place upon a plate or a plain surface of the motor vehicle, the word MAIL in red colour on a white ground each letter being not less than 152 millimetres height and of uniform thickness of 19 millimetres.
(2) Save as provided in sub_rule (1) no motor vehicle shall display any sign or inscription which includes the word Mail;
(3) (a) No public service vehicle shall be painted with a colour which is the same as the colour with which vehicles regularly used for carrying Government mail by, or under a contract with, the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department are painted:
(b) No transport vehicle shall be installed with a radio set.
Every discarded military vehicle purchased by a civilian should be repainted immediately in a colour other than descriptive pattern paint that is combination of colours of such as Olive Green, White, Brown with Green and Dark Brown :
Provided that besides that standard olive green painted vehicles, other service vehicles painted in descriptive and camouflage pattern discarded by the Army, Air-Force and Assam Rifles or Navy Blue Colour pattern vehicles used by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard, should also be repainted by the purchaser in a paint other than the above-mentioned colours;
Provided also that Army markings, like B.A. Nos. formation signs and tactical numbers should be erased by the civilians before using them on the roads.
ds vehicle including a trailer shall be equipped with a strong platform or body so constructed as to be capable of carrying the load for which it is used without danger to other road users and such that the load can be securely packed within or fastened to the body or platform : Provided that nothing in this rule applies to a tractor used with trailer.
336, 337, 338 and 339 relating to the driver's seat shall apply to every goods vehicle other than light motor vehicle and tractor used in combination with trailer.
(2) The State Transport Authority or its Chairman if authorised in this behalf may, by order, in writing, direct that nothing in sub_rule (1) of Rule 336 and Rules 337 to 339 in regard to and consequent upon the provision that the vehicle shall be driven from the right hand side shall apply to a goods vehicle or a specified class of goods vehicles fitted with left hand steering control and obtained through the Disposals Organisation of the Central Government.
(3) Where a registering authority registers a goods vehicle in respect of which, or belonging to a class in respect of which an order under sub_rule (2) has been made, he shall note in the certificate of registration the fact that nothing in sub_rule (1) of Rule 336 and Rules 337 to 339 in rega
se of every goods vehicle operating under composite permit or a National Permit or inter-State Permit or State Permit, it shall be provided with a seat across the full width of the vehicle behind the driver's seat providing facility for the spare driver to lie down and sleep when he is not at the wheel.
Application for the approval of the new design of trailer manufactured in India and intended to be used as transport vehicle shall be forwarded to the Transport Commissioner in triplicate by the manufacturer or his authorised assembler. Such an application shall be accompanied by three copies of each of the following documents namely :
(i) Full specifications;
(ii) Drawing giving all dimensions and details; and
(iii) Set of design calculation of:
(a) Axles;
(b) Springs;
(c) Long bearers;
(d) Cross bearers;
(e) Platform tank or anything that may be carried on the cross bearers;
(f) Two bars;
(g) Turn table or any other scribbling device for the front axles, in case of two axled trailers;
(h) braking arrangem
(1) A motor cycle without more than two wheels with or without side car shall not draw a trailer.
(2) No motor cycle shall draw a trailer exceeding 907 kilograms in weight unladen or 1.5 metres in over all width.
(3) No invalid carriage shall draw a trailer.
No locomotive or tractor should draw more than three trailers;
(2) No other goods vehicle shall draw more than one trailer.
Nothing contained in Rules 310, 311,312, 313, 316, 317, 321 and 323 shall apply to road rollers and other machines specially constructed or adapted for the construction or maintenance of roads which are the property of the Central or the State Government or of any local authority.
(1) Every new Autorickshaw/Motor Cab plying in Municipal Corporations and Municipalities unless exempted in this regard by the Regional Transport Authority, shall be fitted with a fare meter of digital type approved by the State Transport Authority from the date as may be notified by the Transport Commissioner.
(2) No new permit shall be granted or renewed unless the Autorickshaw/Motor Cab is fitted with the digital meter referred to above.
(3) No permit of the Autorickshaw/Motor Cab shall be transferred unless it is fitted with the digital meter referred above.
(4) No fitness certificate of the Autorickshaw/Motor Cab shall be issued or renewed unless it is fitted with the digital meter referred above.
(5) The digital meter referred to above shall be sealed at three points namely at the meter, at the junction box and at the adopter.
(6) The v
(1) A taxi-meter shall be fitted in such position and in such manner as may be approved by the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority having regard to the design of the motor cab. It shall normally be fixed on the rear side of the driver's seat, with the face or dial towards the interior of the cab, so as to be clearly visible to the hirers and also capable of being read both by the hirer and the driver.
(2) Flexible or driving gears of gear-boxes shall be so fitted that no part of the cable, etc., can be reached by an unauthorised person.
(3) A meter or its gear-box shall not be fitted to a cab the effective circumference of the wheel of which is different from that for which the meter has been designed, geared and tested.
(4) The effective circumference of the wheel by which a meter is driven shall not be more than five per cent of and not less than the measurement shown on the plate
(1) In the following cases, the taxi-meter shall be produced before the Senior Inspector of Weights and Measures Department in whose functional area the vehicle is kept for examination of the meter as to the correctness of the fitting :
(i) When the meter is intended to be used for the first time;
(ii) When the meter is either got repaired or adjusted to be in accordance with a revised rate of fare; and
(iii) When the fitness certificate is to be renewed.
When it is produced for inspection, it shall bear holes and wires and be provided with the wires for the lead seals to be fixed to it.
(2) The taxi meter shall be subject to a practical road test of 8 kilometers for each of the distance scales and a time test for detention charges for not less than half-an-hour.
(3) If the meter is found to be correct, its fitting, to
Every taxi-meter shall be fitted with an indicator or handle in the form of a flag, on which shall be printed the words 'For Hire'. The taxi-meter shall be so constructed that when the flag is horizontal the taxi-meter shall be out of action. Such indicator shall be so placed as to clearly visible to any person outside of and in front of the vehicle and to the hirer when inside.
Every motor cab in which there is a partition between the driver and the passengers shall be provided with a means of communication between passengers and the driver.
The owner of a motor cab plying outside the jurisdiction of Regional Transport Authority, Hyderabad shall cause to be painted in a conspicuous part of the vehicle the words 'For Hire' in English and in the Regional language of the district.
Every motor cab fitted with a taxi-meter shall have a light so fitted as to illuminate the taxi-meter. The taxi-meter shall be so illuminated when the vehicle is in use in a public place during the period between half-an-hour after sunset and half-an-hour before sunrise.
No motor vehicle other than a motor cab shall be painted in the manner specified in Rule 293:
Provided that no three wheeler other than an auto-rickshaw permitted to ply as contract carriage shall be painted in the manner specified in Rule 294.
Chapter I
Preliminary
1. Short title, application and commencement :_ (1) These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) They extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(3) They shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions :_ (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,_
(a) 'Act' means es >>>>...Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);
(b) 'Express Stage Carriage' means:_
(i) a carriage plying on city and town routes 'non-stop' or 'with limited halts' as may be prescribed by the transport authority; or
(ii) a carriage plying non-stop on muffasil routes of short distances as may be prescribed b
Section R.379 of the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, pertains to the regulation of vehicle signals, particularly the use of sound signals such as horns, gongs, or other devices. It is part of the broader framework aimed at ensuring road safety, regulating vehicle operations, and minimizing noise pollution. This section sets out restrictions and requirements concerning the use of sound signals by motor vehicle drivers within the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Section R.379 mandates that the driver of a motor vehicle shall make signals and use devices such as horns only in accordance with the specifications and occasions prescribed by regulations made under Section 118 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. It emphasizes that the use of horns or similar devices should be limited to what is reasonably necessary to ensure safety and should not cause undue noise or disturbance.
This section applies to all drivers of motor vehicles operating within Andhra Pradesh. It covers the use of horns and other sound-producing devices, regulating their timing, manner, and occasions of use. The section aims to prevent noise pollution and ensure that horns are used only when necessary for safety purposes, such as alerting other road users or signaling presence.
While the section itself primarily prescribes the rules, violations can attract penalties under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and related rules. The typical punishments include fines or other penalties as specified in the Act or Rules for contravening the provisions regarding vehicle signals. The exact quantum of punishment depends on the nature of the violation and the discretion of enforcement authorities.
This concise legal commentary synthesizes the provisions, scope, and enforcement aspects of Section R.379 of the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, with references to related legal sources and judicial pronouncements.
(1) After a taxi-meter is sealed as provided in Rule 373 no repairs to any meter shall be made except by a maker or repairer authorised by and registered with the Controller of Weights and Measures or any officer of the Department authorised by him.
(2) Any person applying for being authorised and registered as a maker or repairer under sub_rule (1) shall satisfy the Controller of Weights and Measures or any officer of the Department authorised by him that,_
(i) the applicant is of good character and of good business repute;
(ii) the applicant's financial position is sound;
(iii) the applicant maintains an efficient staff and suitable equipment at his premises and has a sufficient supply of spare parts for the repair of meters; and
(iv) the applicant is generally a fit and proper person to undertake the repair or adjustment of taxi-meters.
(i) The body of every auto-rickshaw shall be either of a station wagon or a box-type or hackney carriage type as approved by the State Transport Authority, soundly constructed to the satisfaction of the registering authority and shall be securely fastened to the frame of the vehicle. There shall be adequate arrangements for protection of passengers from sun, wind and rain. The material used in the construction shall be strong and of good quality.
(ii) Roof :_The roof shall be so constructed as to provide protection for passengers from sun and rain, and shall be either of metal sheeting or canvas or some other suitable material.
The overhang of the body shall not exceed forty one per cent of the distance between the place perpendicular to the axis of the auto-rickshaw which passes through the centre of the front wheel and the centre of the rear axle.
(i) 4 - Passenger auto-rickshaws :_The overall width measured at right angles to the axis of the planes enclosing the extreme points shall be not more than 1753 millimetres and not less than 1296 millimetres.
(ii) 3 - Passenger auto-rickshaws :_The overall width measured at right angles to the axis of the planes enclosing the extreme points shall be not more than 1423 millimetres and not less than 1066 millimetres.
(i) 4 - Passenger auto-rickshaws :_ The overall height measured from the surface on which auto-rickshaw stands shall not exceed 1.8 metres and there shall be at atleast 1.2 metres clear head space between floor board and the roof.
(ii) 3 - Passengers auto-rickshaws :_ The overall height measured from the surface on which auto-rickshaw stands shall not exceed 1.8 metres and there shall be atleast 1.2 metres clear head space between floor board and the roof.
The Road clearance of every auto-rickshaw shall be not more than 204 millimetres and less than 102 millimetres.
(i) 4 - Passenger auto-rickshaws:- The floor board shall be not more than 559 millimetres above the surface on which the auto-rickshaw stands.
(ii) 4-Passenger auto-rickshaws : _ The floor board shall be not more than 559 millimetres above the surface on which the auto-rickshaw stands.
The back of the driver's seat should have atleast 102 millimetres of clearance from the front panel of the body. A wind screen shall be provided for the driver.
In every 3 passenger auto-rickshaw the entrance to which is from the front or rear and the seats are placed across the vehicle there shall be a gangway of not less than 305 millimetres.
(a)(i) 4 - Passenger auto-rickshaws :_ There shall be provided for each passenger reasonable comfortable seating space of not less than 406 millimetres square measured in straight lines along and at right angles to the front of each seat.
The seats shall be placed across the vehicle and when all seats face in the same direction there shall be at all places a clear space of not less than 686 millimetres between the backs of either of the seats and they shall face to the front or two seats to the front and two to the rear back. Seats along side the body shall not be allowed.
(ii) 3 - Passenger auto-rickshaws :_ There shall be provided seat not more than 1118 millimetres and not less than 0.9 metre in length. The depth of the seat shall not be less than 406 millimetres.
(b) The back of all seats shall be slant
(a) 4-Passenger Auto-rickshaws may exclusively carry eight (8) School Children below the age of twelve (12) years (excluding driver).
(b) 3-Passenger Auto-rickshaws may exclusively carry six (6) School Children below age twelve (12 years) (excluding driver.)
Subject to the following conditions, namely :_
(1) Temporary seating arrangements behind the driver's seat shall be provided.
(2) Both sides of the auto-rickshaw shall be closed upto arm level with temporary planks of suitable material.
(3) A board "School Trip" shall be prominently displayed in the front and rear of the auto-rickshaw in red colour.
(4) Driver shall not allow School Bags, water bottles and lunch boxes of children to project outside the body of the auto-rickshaw.]
Every auto-rickshaw shall be provided with suitable type of milometer to record total mileage covered on the basis of which fare is paid and also a milometer of the type in which trip reading can be adjusted to zero or fare meter.
Every auto-rickshaw shall be fitted with a bulb horn.
Every steam-driven motor vehicle with rubber tyres shall have attached to its frame a chain hanging loose or other contrivance whereby electric contact is made between the body of the vehicle and the earth.
The provisions of the rules specified in the first column of the Table below shall not, to the extent specified in the corresponding entries in the second column thereof, apply to or in relation to military motor vehicle registered under Section 60.
| Rule | Extent not applicable |
| (1) | (2) |
| 310 | |
| 312 | The whole |
| 313 | |
| 321 | |
| 367 | |
Exemption of trailers :_ The provisions of the rule specified in the first column of the Table below shall not, to the extent specified in the corresponding entries in the second column thereof, apply to or in relation to any trailer.
| Rule | Extent not applicable |
| (1) | (2) |
| 310 | sub_rule (1) relating to front lamp |
| 316 | The whole |
| 365 | |
The Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette exempt to such extent as may be specified in the notification any motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles from all or any of the provisions of the rules framed under Chapter VII of the Act.
Police Officers not below the rank of Circle Inspector or any Officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles are authorised to require the weighing of goods vehicles and trailers.
The State Transport Authority and the Regional Transport Authority shall have the power :_
(i) to impose speed limits;
(ii) to impose limits on the laden weight or axle weight or dimensions of motor vehicles and to prohibit or restrict the use of motor vehicles generally or of a particular class of trailers in a specified area or in respect of any road; and
(iii) to designate any road as main road:
Provided that power conferred on the Regional Transport Authority by this rule shall be subject to the control of the State Transport Authority:
Provided further that no limits or restrictions under clause (ii) shall be imposed by the Regional Transport Authority without the specific concurrence of the State Transport Authority.
Provided also that the State Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authority may by notifi
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub_rule (2), the Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority, shall subject to the general instructions of the Regional Transport Authority, be the authority authorised to cause or permit traffic signs or speed breakers to be placed or erected in any public place for the purpose of bringing to public notice any speed limits fixed under sub_section (2) of Section 112 or any prohibitions or restrictions imposed under Section 115 or generally for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle traffic :
Provided that no traffic sign relating to stopping places for buses shall be caused or permitted to be placed or erected within a municipal area or in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad except in consultation with the Municipal Commissioner concerned or the Chief Executive Officer, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, as the case may be;
Provided further that if there
(1) Any officer referred to in Rule 396 may if he has reason to believe that a goods vehicle is being used in contravention of any laden weight restriction imposed by competent authority, require that driver to convey the vehicle to weighing device, if any, within a distance of 1.6 kilometres from any point on the forward route, or within a distance of 8 kilometres from the destination of the vehicle, for the weighing, and if on weighing, the vehicle is found to contravene such restrictions, he may, by order in writing, direct the driver to convey the vehicle to a suitable place to be specified in the notice where the facilities exist for the storage of goods and not to remove the vehicle from that place until the laden weight or axle weight has been reduced so that it complies with such restriction. * [The charges for weighment shall be borne by the owner of the vehicle or the person in possession of the vehicle, whoever is available at the time of weigh
(1) Magistrates, any officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles and Police Officers not below the rank of sub_Inspector are authorised to demand the production of the certificate of registration of any vehicle, and where the vehicle is a transport vehicle the certificate of fitness.
(2) In the case of a transport vehicle belonging to the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation and stage carriages belonging to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam plying between Tirumala and Tirupathi in the Tirupathi Devasthanam Choultry at Tirupathi if the certificate of registration or the certificate of fitness, as the case may be, is not at the time in the possession of the person to whom demand is made, it shall be sufficient compliance with the provisions of Section 130 if such person produces a certificate issued by the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority or the Assistant Secretary, S
The provisions of sub_section (3) of Section 130 shall not apply to motor cycles belonging to the Field Security Sections in the army.
Police Officers not below the rank of sub_Inspectors are authorised to demand from the owner of a motor vehicle the driver or the conductor of which is accused of any offence under the Act all information regarding the name and address of an d the licence held by the driver or conductor or which is in his possession or could by reasonable diligence be ascertained by him.
Magistrate, any officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles and Police Officer not below the rank of Inspector are authorised to inspect any motor vehicle involved in accident and for the purpose to enter at any reasonable time any premises where the vehicle may be and to remove the vehicle for examination.
(1) The signalling device with which a motor vehicle with a left-hand steering control is required to be equipped, shall be a direction indicator as prescribed in Rule 331 and shall be fitted to both sides of the vehicle.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub_rule (1), a vehicle other than a transport vehicle, obtained through the Disposals Organisation of the Central Government equipped with electric lighting, may be fitted with a mechanical direction indicator complying with the requirements of Rule 331 on the right-hand side of the vehicle only. The words 'caution left-hand drive' shall be painted on the right hand rear of every such vehicle, near the number plate.
(3) The State Transport Authority, may, by order in writing, direct that the provisions of the sub_rule (2) shall apply to any transport vehicle or class of transport vehicles equipped with electric lighting specified in the order;
If any motor vehicle is allowed to stand in any place other than a duly appointed parking place in such way as to cause obstruction to traffic or danger to any person, any Police Officer may,_
(i) forthwith cause the vehicle to be moved under its power or otherwise to the nearest place where the vehicle will not cause undue obstruction or danger;
(ii) unless it is moved to a position where it will not cause obstruction or danger take all reasonable precautions to indicate the presence of the vehicle; and
(iii) if the vehicle has been stationary in one place for a continuous period of twenty four hours and adequate steps have not been taken for its repair or removal by the owner or his representative, remove the vehicle and its contents to a place of safe custody.
The authority under Section 117 shall be the Regional Transport Authority in the State for the purpose,_
(i) to determine places at which motor vehicles may stand either indefinitely or for a period of time, and
(ii) to determine the places at which public service vehicles may be allowed to stand for a longer time than is necessary for taking up or setting down passengers.
The Regional Transport Authority shall, however consult the Local Authorities concerned having jurisdiction in that regard.
If a motor vehicle has been stationary in a duly appointed parking place for a period exceeding that specified by the competent authority in respect of the said place, or if no such period has been specified for a period exceeding six hours, any Police Officer may remove the vehicle to a place of safe custody.
Notwithstanding any fine or penalty which may be imposed upon any person upon conviction for the contravention of the provisions of Section 122 or of any regulations made by a competent authority in relation to the use of duly appointed parking places, the owner of the motor vehicle or his heirs or assigns shall be liable to make good any expenses incurred by any Police Officer in connection with the moving, lighting, watching or removal of a vehicle or its contents in accordance with Rules 405 and 407 and any Police Officer or any person into whose custody the vehicle has been entrusted by any Police Officer, shall be entitled to detain the vehicle until he has received payment accordingly and shall, upon receiving such payment, give a receipt to the person making the payment.
A weighing device for the purpose of Section 114 may be :_
(i) a weigh bridge installed and maintained at any place by or under the orders of the Government or a local authority;
(ii) a weigh bridge installed and maintained by any person and certified by the registering authority to be a weighing device for the purpose of the Act and these rules; or
(iii) a portable wheel-weigher of any kind approved by the Government.
The driver of any goods vehicle shall upon demand by a competent authority, so drive and manipulate the vehicle as to place it or any wheels thereof, as the case may be, upon any weigh bridge or wheel-weigher in such manner that the weight of the vehicle or the weight transmitted by any wheel or wheels may be exhibited by the weigh bridge or wheel-weigher.
If the driver of a motor vehicle fails within a reasonable time to comply with a requisition under Rule 410 a person authorised under Section 114 or under Rule 396 may cause any person, being the holder of a licence authorising him to drive the vehicle so to drive and manipulate the vehicle.
When the weight of axle weight of motor vehicle is determined by separate and independent determination of the weight transmitted by any wheel or wheels of the vehicle the axle weight and the laden weight of the vehicle shall be deemed to the sum of the weights transmitted by the wheels of any axle or by all the wheels of the vehicle, as the case may be.
On weighing a vehicle in accordance with Section 114 and these Rules, the person who has required the weighing or the person in charge of the weighing device shall deliver to the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle a statement in writing of the weight of the vehicle and of any axle, of which the weight is separately determined.
On any ghat road and elsewhere on any hill, marked by appropriate traffic sign prescribed under the Act, no person shall drive a transport vehicle with the engine free that is to say, with the gear level in neutral the clutch lever depressed or with any free wheel or other device in operation which frees the engine from the driving wheels and prevents the engine from acting as a brake when the vehicle is travelling down an incline.
Explanation :_ 'GHAT ROAD' means a road notified in the District Gazette as such by the Regional Transport Authority of the region or by Government in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette indicated by notice board erected at each end of such road.
No person shall mount or attempt to mount or dismount from any motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, when the motor vehicle is in motion nor shall the driver or person in charge of such vehicle permit any person to do so.
No vehicle other than a mechanically disabled or incompletely assembled motor vehicle, a registered trailer or a side car, shall be drawn or towed by any motor vehicle.
No person shall take hold of, and, no driver of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow any person to take hold of, any motor vehicle when in motion for the purpose of being towed or drawn upon some other wheeled vehicle or otherwise.
No driver of motor vehicle shall tow a cyclist or motor cyclist and no cyclist or motor cyclist shall allow himself to be towed by such vehicle.
No motor vehicle shall be drawn or towed by any other motor vehicle unless there is in the driver's seat of the motor vehicle being drawn or towed a person holding a licence authorising him to drive the vehicle or unless one axle of the motor vehicle being towed is firmly and securely supported clear of the road surface by some crane or other device on the vehicle which is drawing or towing it.
When a motor vehicle is being towed by another motor vehicle, the clear distance between the rear of the front vehicle and the front of the rear vehicle shall at no time exceed 4.6 meters. Steps shall be taken to render the two with a rope or a chain easily distinguishable by other users of the road, and there shall be clearly displayed on the rear of the vehicle being towed in black letters not less than 76 millimetres high and on a white ground the words 'On Tow':
Provided that no person shall be liable to be convicted for the contravention of this rule for failure to display the words 'On Tow' if the motor vehicle which is towing the other is not a motor vehicle adopted and ordinarily used for the purpose and so long as the vehicle is being towed between the place of the breakdown and the nearest place on the route from which the necessary materials can be obtained.
No motor vehicle when towing another vehicle other than a trailer or side-car shall be driven at a speed exceeding 24 kilometres per hour.
No person shall drive, and no person shall cause or allow to be driven, in any public place any motor vehicle which is loaded in a manner likely to cause danger to any person or in such manner that the load or any part thereof or anything extends :_
(i) laterally beyond the side of the body or beyond a vertical plane is prolongation of the side of the body;
(ii) to the front beyond the foremost part of the vehicle;
(iii) to the rear to a distance exceeding 1.5 metres beyond the rear-most part of the vehicle excluding any luggage carrier; and
(iv) in height by distance which exceeds 3.8 metres from the surface upon which the motor vehicle rests.
Clause (iii) of Rule 422 shall not apply to a goods vehicle when loaded with any pole or other projecting thing so long as :_
(i) the projecting load falls within the limits of the body of a Trailer being drawn by the goods vehicle; or
(ii) the distance by which the pole or other thing projects beyond the rear-most point of the vehicle doe not exceed 1.5 metres; and
(iii) there is attached to the rear of such pole or other thing in such a way as to be clearly visible from the rear :_
(a) during the period between half an hour before sunrise and half an hour after sunset, a red flag of dimensions not less than 0.6 metres by 0.6 metres; and
(b) at other times, a lamp in addition to the prescribed lamps on the vehicle, so arranged as to show a red light to the rear.
The Commissioner of Police in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and the Superintendent of Police at other places may, by order in writing, exempt any motor vehicle for such purpose, and for such period, subject to such conditions, as he may specify, in that order from any or all of the provisions of Rules 422 and 423.
The drivers of vehicles belonging to the Andhra Pradesh Fire Service shall be exempts from the provisions of Section 130(1) of the Act, provided they are in uniform at the time of checking.
Except for the fuel and lubricants necessary for the use of the vehicles, no explosive, highly inflammable or otherwise dangerous substances shall be carried on any public service vehicle: Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to safely packed cartridges for small arms, which a passenger may take with him in any such vehicle.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall sound the horn or other device for giving audible warning, with which the motor vehicle is equipped, or shall cause or allow any other person to do so, to an extent beyond that which is reasonably necessary to ensure safety.
The Commissioner of Police in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and elsewhere the Collector may, by notification in the Official Gazette and by the erection in suitable places of appropriate traffic signs prescribed under the Act, prohibit the use of any horn, gong or other device on a motor vehicle for giving suitable warning within such locality and during such hours as may be specified in the notification :
Provided that when the Commissioner of Police or the Collector as the case may be, prohibits the use of any horn, gong or other device for giving audible warning during certain specified hours, he shall cause a suitable notice in English and in the script of the city or district, setting forth the hours within which such use is so prohibited to be affixed below the traffic sign.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall, in any public places make use of any cut-out or other device by means of which the exhaust gases of the engine are released, save through the silence.
(1) The driver of a motor vehicle shall at all times when the lights of the motor vehicle are in use so manipulate them that danger or undue inconvenience is not caused to any person by dazzle and for this purpose shall black the upper halves of the obligatory front lamps.
(2) The Commissioner of Police in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and the District Collector elsewhere may by notification in the Official Gazette and by erection of suitable notices, prohibit the use, within such areas or in such places as may be specified in the notification of lamps giving dazzling or intense light.
(1) If, within the limits of any municipality or cantonment, a motor vehicle is at rest within the hours during which lights are required, at the left hand side of any road or street or elsewhere in duly appointed parking place, it shall not be necessary for the motor vehicle to exhibit any light save as may be required generally or specifically by the Commissioner of Police in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and elsewhere by the Collector.
(2) Outside the limits of any municipality or cantonment, if a motor vehicle is at rest within the hours during which lights are required in such a position as not to cause danger or undue inconvenience to other users of the road it shall not be necessary for the motor vehicle to display any light.
No load or other things shall be placed on any other vehicle so as at any time to mask or otherwise interrupt vision of any lamp, registration mark or other mark required to be carried by or exhibited on any motor vehicle by or under the provisions of the Act, unless a duplicate of the lamp or mark so marked or otherwise obscured is exhibited in the manner required by or under the Act for the exhibition of the masked or obscured lamp or mark.
All registration and other marks required to be exhibited on a motor vehicle by or under the provisions of the Act shall at all times be maintained as far as may be reasonably possible in a clear and legible condition.
No person driving or incharge of a motor vehicle shall,_
(i) permit any person to stand or sit; or
(ii) place or permit anything to be placed in such manner or position as to obscure the driver's vision by the mirror referred to in Rule 339:
Provided that clause (ii) shall not apply to a vehicle fitted with a blind on the rear window when this blind is used during night time.
(1) When any line is painted on or inlaid into the surface of any road at the approach to a road junction or to a pedestrian crossing or otherwise, no driver shall drive a motor vehicle so that any part thereof projects beyond that line at any time when a signal to stop is being given by a police officer or by means of traffic control lights or by a traffic sign.
(2) A line for the purposes of this rule shall be not less than 51 millimetres in width at any part and shall be either in white, black or yellow.
(1) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive the vehicle in conformity with any indication given by a traffic sign, the erection of which is permitted under sub_section (1) of Section 116 : Provided that this rule shall not apply to the drivers of vehicles belonging to the Andhra Pradesh Fire Services engaged for the purpose of fire fighting.
(2) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall, at the approach of any manned, or unmanned railway level crossing, stop the vehicle to allow the conductor to alight and see both sides of the track to ensure that the way is clear; only after the conductor has so ensured himself and given the signal to pass, the driver shall proceed over the crossings.:
Provided that in cases where there is no conductor the driver himself should alight and ensure that the way is clear before he proceeds.
The protective headgear under Section 129 shall be a standard one.
No motor vehicle which exceeds 8 metres in length shall draw a trailer:
Provided that this rule shall not prohibit such a vehicle from towing a disabled motor vehicle;
Provided further that this rule shall not apply to stage carriages permitted to draw trailers under Rule 283.
When a motor vehicle draws one or more trailers, the following persons not being less than twenty years of age and competent to discharge their duties shall be carried, that is to say :_
(a) if the brakes of the trailer or trailers cannot be operated from the motor vehicle;
(i) one person on every trailer competent to apply the brakes; and
(ii) one person placed at or near the rear of the last trailer in such a position as to have a clear view of the road in rear of the trailer, to signal to the drivers of overtaking vehicles and to communicate with the driver of the drawing motor vehicle.
(b) if the brakers of the trailer can be operated by some persons other than the driver, carried on that vehicle such other person in addition to the driver shall be carried on that vehicle and one person on the last trailer in accordance with the provisions of sub_clause (ii) of
Rule 439 shall not apply,_
(i) to any trailer having not more than two wheels and not exceeding 771 Kilograms in weight laden when used singly and not in a train with other trailers;
(ii) to the trailing half of an articulated vehicle;
(iii) to any trailer used solely for carrying water for the purpose of the drawing vehicle when used singly and not in a train with other trailers;
(iv) to any agricultural or road making or road repairing or road-cleaning implement drawn by a motor vehicle;
(v) to any closed trailer specially constructed for any purpose and specially exempted from any or all of the provisions, of this rule by an order in writing made by the registering authority, to the extent exempted; or
(vi) to any trailer specially constructed or adapted or any purpose upon which an attendant cannot safely be c
(1) No person shall drive or cause to be driven, in any public place any motor vehicle unless there is exhibited on the front of the prime mover and on the back of the last trailer, a distinguishing mark in white on a black ground, in the form set out in Third Schedule to these rules.
(2) The mark shall be unobscured and shall be so fixed that :_
(i) the letter on the mark is vertical and easily distinguishable;
(ii) no part thereof is at a height exceeding 1.2 metres from the ground.
(3) This rule shall not apply to the cases referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) of Rule 440.
Every locomotive shall carry not less than one attendant, being a competent person of over twenty years of age, in addition to the driver, to assist the driver in the management of the locomotive.
Where any road or street is provided with foot-paths, or tracks reserved for cycle of specified classes of other traffic, no person shall save with the sanction of a police officer in uniform, drive any motor vehicle or cause or allow any motor vehicle to be driven on any such footpath or track.
Nothing shall be placed or carried on the outside of the roof of double-decked Public Service Vehicle.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to travel backwards without first satisfying himself that he will not thereby cause danger or undue inconvenience to any person or in any circumstances save in the case of a road roller, for any greater distance or period of time than may be reasonably necessary in order to turn the vehicle round.
(1) The Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, exempt to such extent as may be specified in the notification any motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles from all or any of the provisions of the rules framed under Chapter VIII of the Act.
(2) The powers conferred on the State Government under sub_rule (1) shall also be exercised by the State Transport Authority, in respect of exemption of any motor vehicle for such purpose for such period and subject to such conditions as may be specified from any or all of the provisions of Rules 422 and 423:
Provided that the State Transport Authority may, for prompt and convenient despatch of business by general or special order delegate to its Secretary the powers under this sub_rule.
Officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of Asst. Motor Vehicles Inspector and every Police Officer not below the rank of Circle Inspector of Police are authorised to exercise powers under Section 206.
Officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector and every Police Officer not below the rank of Circle Inspector of Police are authorised to exercise powers under Section 207.
When a motor vehicle is seized and detained by any officer referred to Rule 448, he shall take the following steps :_
(i) arrangements shall be made for temporary safe custody of the motor vehicle in the nearest Police Station or at any appropriate place;
(ii) the fact of seizure and detention shall be informed without delay to the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority of the region and the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority of the Region to which the motor vehicle belongs;
(iii) the officer who seized and detained the motor vehicle may release the vehicle of the offence for which it is seized and detained are compounded under Section 200 under intimation to the Secretaries of Regional Transport Authorities mentioned in Clause (ii);
(iv) where prosecution of the driver or owner or both is necessary, charge-sheets against them shall be filed before the
(1) An application for release of a vehicle seized and detained under sub_section (1) of Section 207 shall be in the form of a memorandum in duplicate with relevant documents duly enclosing a fee of rupees twenty five.
(2) The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, of the Region shall entertain application for release of vehicles seized and detained by his subordinate officers:
Provided that application shall be made to the Deputy Transport Commissioner in the case of check made by the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority in the cadre of Regional Transport Officer and the Transport Commissioner, if the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority is of the cadre of Deputy Transport Commissioner or Joint Transport Commissioner.]
Officers of the Transport Department not below the rank of Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector and every Police Officer not below the rank of sub_Inspector of Police are authorised to exercise powers under Section 213 (5).
Officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector and every Police Officer not below the rank of Inspector of Police are authorised to exercise to collect penalty under Section 201. Further sub_Inspector of Police in-charge of traffic is also empowered to collect penalty under Section 201 in the Municipal areas.
No permit shall be issued in respect of any transport vehicle unless it is covered with a valid certificate of insurance and satisfied the requirements of Chapter XI of the Act.
The owner of a motor vehicle applying to pay the tax on the vehicle shall forward with the application a certificate of insurance relating to the vehicle and complying with the requirements of Chapter XI of the Act and valid,_
(a) if the application is made prior to the commencement of the period for which the tax is tendered, on the first day of period; or
(b) if the application is made during the period for which the tax is tendered, on the date on which the application is made:
Provided that the owner of a vehicle exempted under sub_section (2) of Section 146 shall forward in place of the certificate of insurance the certificate prescribed in Rule 12 of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Rules, 1946.
An insurer required under Section 147 to notify the fact of not issuing the policy of insurance following the issue of cover note shall notify that fact to the Registering Authority having jurisdiction over the area where the owner of the vehicle covered by the cover note normally resides or has his place of business.
The powers exercisable by a Police Officer under Sections 130(1), 133, 158(1), 202 and 203 shall be exercisable also by any officer of the Transport Department not below the rank of an Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles.
Every application for payment of compensation made under Section 166 shall be made in Form C.I.D. and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed therefor in Rule 475.
* [Provided that, the application shall be accompained by an affidavit stating that the petitioner has not filed any other claim petition regarding the same cause of action or same accident in the same Tribunal or any other Tribunal to his/her knowledge.]
On receipt of an application under Rule 455 the Claims Tribunal may, examine, the application on oath and the substance of such examination, if any, shall be reduced to writing.
The Claims Tribunal may after considering the application and the statement if any, of the applicant recorded under Rule 456 dismiss the application summarily, if for reasons to be recorded, it is of the opinion that there are no sufficient grounds for proceeding therewith.
(1) If the application is not dismissed under Rule 457 the Claims Tribunal shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident and its insurer, a copy of the application, together with a notice of the date on which it will hear the application and may call upon the parties to produce on that date any evidence which they may wish to tender.
(2) The Claims Tribunal may also require the dependent to furnish the following information to satisfy itself that a spurious or a collusive claim has not been preferred :
(i) particulars of all earlier accidents in which the dependant has been involved;
(ii) the amount of compensation paid in such earlier accidents, the name and address of the victim and the name of the insurer who paid the damage; and
(iii) his connection, if any, with the claimant.
(1) The owner of the motor vehicle and the insurer may, and if so required by the Claims Tribunal shall, at or before the first hearing or within such further time as the Claims Tribunal may allow, file a written statement dealing with the claim raised in the application. Any such written statement shall form part of the record.
(2) The insurer shall also mension in the written statement that the petitioner has not made any other claim in the same Tribunal or any other Tribunal to his knowledge.
(3) If the owner or the insurer contests the claim, the Claims Tribunal may, and if no written statement (counter affidavit) has been filed, it shall proceed to examine the owner and the insurer upon the claim and shall reduce the substance of the examination to writing.]
If an application is presented by any party to the proceeding for the summoning of witnesses, the Claims Tribunal shall, on payment of the expenses involved, if any, issue summons for the appearance of such witnesses, unless it considers that their appearance is not necessary for a just decision of the case.
The Claims Tribunal shall allow any party to appear before it through a legal practitioner.
(1) The Claims Tribunal may, at any time during the course of any inquiry before it visits the site at which the accident occurred for the purpose of making a local inspection or examining any persons likely to be able to give information relevant to the proceeding;
(2) Any party to a proceeding or the representative of any such party may, accompany the Claims Tribunal for a local inspection;
(3) The Claims Tribunal after making a local inspection shall note briefly in a memorandum any facts observed, and such memorandum shall form part of the record of inquiry; and
(4) The memorandum referred to in sub_rule (3) may be shown to any party to the proceedings who desires to see it and a copy thereof may on application be supplied to any such party.
The Claims Tribunal, may, if it thinks fit require the motor vehicle involved in the accident to be produced by the owner for inspection at a particular time and place to be mentioned by it, if necessary in consultation with the owner.
(1) The Claims Tribunal during a local inspection or at any other time have at a formal hearing of case pending before it, may examine summarily any person likely to be able to give information relating to such case, whether such person has been or is to be called as a witness in the case or not, and whether any or all of the parties are present or not.
(2) No oath shall be administered to a person examined under sub_rule (1).
The Claims Tribunal shall, as examination of witnesses proceeds, make a brief memorandum of the substance of the evidence of each witness and such memorandum shall be written and signed by the members of the Claims Tribunal and shall form part of the record:
Provided that the evidence of any medical witness shall be taken down as neatly as may be word for word.
If the Claims Tribunal finds that an application cannot be disposed of at one hearing, it shall record the reason which necessitated the adjournment and also inform the parties present of the date of adjourned hearing.
(1) The Claims Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, co_opt one or more persons possessing special knowledge with respect to any matter relevant to the inquiry.
(2) The remuneration, if any, to be paid to the person or persons co_opted shall in every case be determined by the Claims Tribunal.
After considering any written statement, the evidence of the witness examined and the result of any local inspection, the Claims Tribunal shall proceed to frame and record the issues upon which the right decision of the case appears to it to depend.
After framing the issues, the Claims Tribunal shall proceed to record evidence thereon which each party may desire to produce.
The Claims Tribunal shall maintain a brief diary to the proceedings on an application.
(1) The Claims Tribunal in passing orders shall record concisely in a judgment the findings on each of the issues framed and the reasons for such findings and make an award specifying the amount of compensation to be paid by the insurer and also the person or persons to whom compensation shall be paid.
(2) Where compensation is awarded to two or more persons, the Claims Tribunal shall also specify the amount payable to each of them.
(3) When the Claims Tribunal pronounces the judgment and makes award, it shall also read the operative part of the award in the reginal language understood by the petitioner or petitioners and it shall also be explained. The amount of compensation awarded it shall be made clear that there is no liablity to pay any percentage amount of the compensation to the lawyer who appeared in the case and that the lawyers who appeared in the case shall be entitled to the fees determined by the
Subject to the provisions of Section 174 the Claims Tribunal shall, for the purpose of enforcement of its award, have all the powers of a civil Court in the execution of a decree under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, as if the award were a decree for the payment of money passed by such Court in a Civil Suit.
The following provisions of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), shall so far as may be, apply to proceedings before the Claims Tribunal namely, Order V, Rules 9 to 13 and 15 to 30; Order IX, Order XIII, Rules 3 to 10; Order XVI, Rules 2 to 21; Order XVII and Order XXVIII, Rules 1 to 3.
(1) An Appeal against the award of a Claims Tribunal shall be preferred in the form of a memorandum stating concisely, the grounds on which the appeal is prefered;
(2) It shall be accompanied by a copy of the judgment and the award appealed against.
| Amount of claim | Amount of Court fee |
| Upto Rs. 10,000 | Rs. 10 |
| From Rs. 10,000 to 50,000 | 1/4% of the amount of claim |
| From Rs. 50,000 to 1,00,000 | 1/2% of the amount of claim |
| Above Rs. 1,00,000 | 1% of the amount of claim |
Explanation :_For the purpose of the above sub_rule :
(i) 'Special damages' is one which has to be specially pleaded and proved. It consists of out of pocket expenses and loss of earning incurred down to
(1) Every application under sub_section (1) of Section 166 of the Act for payment of compensation shall be accompanied by a fee in the form of Court fee stamps as specified below:
(a) If the claim is confined to special damage, only Re.1/-;
(b) If the claim includes general damages also, an ad valorem fee at the following rates, on the aggregate of the claims for special and general damages:
[(1) The application shall also be accompained by an affidavit showing that the petitioner has not filed any other claim petition regarding the same cause of action or the same accedent in the same Tribunal or any other Tribunal to his/her knowledge.]
(2) Fees :_ Every applicant along with application for claim under Chapter X shall pay a fee of Rs. 10/-;
*[(3) Consideration of the claim :-Every claim under Chapter X of the Motor Vehicles Act shall be adjudicated by the Tribunal summarily complying with the principles of natural justice.]
(4) Application not to be rejected on technical flaw :_The Claims Tribunal shall not reject any application made as per the provisions of Chapter X of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 on the ground of any technical flaw, but shall give notice to the applicant and get the defect rectified.
(5) Presence of owner and insurer not
Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 455 and 476, the petitioner or petitioners shall either affix their recent photographs on the original claim application or affix on a separate sheet of paper and fasten the same to the original claim petition with their signatures or Thumb impressions as the case may be duly attested by Advocate on record.]
Subject to the provisions of Rules 478 and 479 the Secretary, State Transport Authority or the Secretaries or Additional Secretaries of the Regional Transport Authorities as the case may be, may on application, sanction the refund of:
(i) the full fee paid; where the conductor's licence, the driving licence or badge applied for is refused or the application for the conductor's licence, the driving licence or badge is cancelled or withdrawn by the applicant before the conductor's licence, the driving licence or badge, as the case may be, is actually issued and the transaction completed;
(ii) the excess, where the amount paid is in excess, of the proper fee;
(iii) the full fee paid, where the fee was paid by mistake; and
(iv) the full fee paid, where the notification in respect of a route issued by a Transport Authority is subsequently withdrawn for technical r
No refund of fee for a certificate of fitness shall be made when the inspection of the vehicle, in respect of which the certificate was applied for, has been carried out.
(1) No refund of the fee shall be made if the application for such refund is not made within three months from the date of receipt by the applicant of the order rejecting the application in respect of which the fee is paid and if an appeal is preferred against such order, within three months from the date of receipt by the applicant of the order of the appellate authority rejecting the appeal:
Provided that, where the remittance of the fee is not followed by an application for the purpose for which the fee was paid, no refund of the fee shall be made, if the application for such refund is not made within one year from the date of the credit of the fee to the Government.
(2) No refund of fee paid by mistake shall be made if the application for such refund is not made within one year from the date of the credit of the fee to the Government.
The Deputy Transport Commissioner concerned or the Secretary, State Transport Authority, or the Secretary to the Government, the department dealing with Road Transport as the case may be, may on application sanction as refund of the fee paid under Rules 164 and 162(2) in case where the remittance of the fee is not followed by an appeal or a revision petition for which the fee was paid :
Provided that no refund of the fee shall be made if the application for such refund is not made within one year from the date of the credit of the fee.
(a) The Uniform for Regional Transport Officer, Assistant Transport Commissioner and Deputy Transport Commissioner shall be as follows :_
(1) Regional Transport Officer:
(1) Navy Khaki forage cap with monogram APTS;
(2) Coat (open collar) Bush shirt with Trousers of Police pattern in Khaki;
(3) Tie and round woven whistle cord of light blue colour;
(4) Shoulder badge with monogram APTS;
(5) Cross belt of Police pattern of dark brown leather silver fittings;
*[(6) Ashoka Stamba Emblem on the shoulder strap];
(7) Brown shoes (as in the case of Indian Army);
(8) Name badge with name and designation prominently exhibited on the front of the uniform.
(2) Assistant Transport Commissioner:-* [x x x x]
(3)
Payment of all amounts due under the Act and the rules shall be made by means of treasury receipts in Form TCH to the value for which payment is required unless otherwise provided in any particular case.
A Motor Vehicles Department called the 'Transport Department' shall be established under Section 213 of the Act and the Transport Commissioner shall be the head of that Department. The Secretary of State Transport Authority, the Joint Transport Commissioners, the Deputy Transport Commissioners, the Assistant Transport Commissioners, the Secretaries, the Additional Secretaries, the Joint Secretaries and the Assistant Secretaries of the Regional Transport Authority, the Regional Transport Officer, the Inspector of Motor Vehicles, the Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles, the Officers functioning as licensing and registering authorities and all the other officers who may from time to time, be appointed for the aforesaid purposes shall be regarded as the officers of the Transport Department and shall exercise powers and perform the duties assigned to them, from, time to time, under the Act and these rules. They shall carry out the instructions and orders issued from time to
(i) Every Registering Authority and Additional Registering Authority as defined under Rule 79 of the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and any other Pollution Testing Stations authorised by the Licensing Authority shall be the agency to issue Pollution Under Control Certificate.
(ii) Validity of Pollution Under Control Certificate :_The period of validity of Pollution Under Control Certificate shall be six months from the date of issue.
(iii) Format of Pollution Under Control Certificate :_The format of Pollution Under Control Certificate in triplicate shall be in Form P.U.C.
(iv) Format of Pollution Control Notice :_The format of Pollution Control Notice shall be in Form P.C.N.
(v) Format of Pollution Testing Notice :_The format of Pollution Testing Notice shall be in Form P.T.N.
The following fees is payable in respect of Motor Vehicles for testing and for issue of Pollution Under Control Certificate.
| Category | Fee |
| 1. Petrol Two Wheelers | Rs. 15-00 |
| 2. Petrol Three and Four Wheelers | Rs. 25-00 |
| 3. Diesel any category | Rs. 30-00 |
Where the smoke emissions are found to exceed specified limits on testing, the authorised agency shall direct the owner or driver of the vehicle to get the defects rectified, unless they are minor in nature so as to comply with the provisions by issuing a Notice in Form Pollution Testing Notice.]
(1) No person shall establish or maintain any Pollution testing station for testing emission levels of gases and smoke as specified under sub_rules (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Rule 115 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 for the purpose of issuing a Pollution Under Control Certificate unless he has obtained a licence in Form L.T.S. from the concerned licensing authority.
(2) An application for the grant or renewal of a licence shall be made in Form L.T.S.A. or Form L.T.S., AR., as the case may be, to the concerned licensing authority.
(3) (i) The application for grant of licence shall be accompanied by appropriate fee as specified in sub_rule (14).
(ii) The applicant shall deposit an amount of Rs. 5,000.00 with the licensing authority as a security deposit along with the application.
(iii) The application for renewal of licence shall be accompanied by appropriat
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